Literacy in Theory and PracticeThis book challenges conventional theories about literacy, and the practices which often arise from them. It attempts to provide a new perspective through which the variety of literacy practices across different cultures can be viewed and from which the practical issues that arise in specific literacy campaigns and programmes can be approached. Dr Street first examines the explicit theories developed about literacy within different academic disciplines, on the premise that these underlie statements about literacy within development campaigns and in everyday usage. He analyses in detail arguments about the 'technical' and 'neutral' nature of literacy and its supposed 'cognitive' consequences in the work of some psychologists, linguists and social anthropologists. He claims that these amount to a coherent but flawed model that he terms the 'autonomous' model of literacy. Against this he poses an 'ideological' model, one which pays greater attention to the social structure. He attempts to bring together recent shifts in this direction in writings on literacy and to construct a coherent model for further work. |
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... contexts have contributed to the book in a variety of ways . In current circumstances , it is not appropriate to name the very many Iranians to whom I am indebted , but any who see this work should understand my appreciation of their ...
... contexts have contributed to the book in a variety of ways . In current circumstances , it is not appropriate to name the very many Iranians to whom I am indebted , but any who see this work should understand my appreciation of their ...
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... context ; that they are already embedded in an ideology and cannot be isolated or treated as ' neutral ' or merely ... contexts . I shall argue that such claims , as well as the literacy practices they purport to describe , in fact ...
... context ; that they are already embedded in an ideology and cannot be isolated or treated as ' neutral ' or merely ... contexts . I shall argue that such claims , as well as the literacy practices they purport to describe , in fact ...
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... context - free thought ' , ' rationality ' , ' critical thought ' , ' post - operative ' thought ( in Pia- get's usage ) , ' detachment ' and the kinds of logical processes exemplified by syllogisms , formal language , elaborated code ...
... context - free thought ' , ' rationality ' , ' critical thought ' , ' post - operative ' thought ( in Pia- get's usage ) , ' detachment ' and the kinds of logical processes exemplified by syllogisms , formal language , elaborated code ...
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... context . 2 From this and other literature it can be argued that the ' rationality ' debate is itself embedded in particular ideological and political con- texts . The introduction of literacy to the classic debate can be seen as an ...
... context . 2 From this and other literature it can be argued that the ' rationality ' debate is itself embedded in particular ideological and political con- texts . The introduction of literacy to the classic debate can be seen as an ...
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... contexts helped to clarify to some extent the theoretical foundations for descriptions of non - European religion and belief , they have left largely untheorised their representation of the uses and consequences of literacy . This leads ...
... contexts helped to clarify to some extent the theoretical foundations for descriptions of non - European religion and belief , they have left largely untheorised their representation of the uses and consequences of literacy . This leads ...
Contents
The Autonomous Model I Literacy and Rationality | 19 |
The Autonomous Model II Goody | 44 |
Literacy and Linguistics | 66 |
The Ideological Model | 95 |
Introduction | 129 |
Maktab Literacy | 132 |
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