Teenagers, Literacy and School - Researching in Multilingual Contexts

Informationen zum Autor Ken Cruickshank is a Lecturer in TESOL and Languages in the Faculty of Education, University of Sydney. He has previously worked in primary and secondary schools and with the department of education in Australia. Zusammenfassung This unique book follows the experiences of four Arabic teenagers and their families and community, focusing on the role of literacy in their daily lives, the differences between home and school, and the conflict between expectations and practices. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1. 1. Patterns of Community Literacy 2. Pathway(s) to Literacy 3. Change and Literacy Practices: Teenagers and Technology 4. Mediation in Community and School Literacy 5. Conflict and Control: Literacy as Management 6. Identity, Place and Identity Part 2: A Harbourful of Yachts: Making Sense of Literacy Research 8. No Single Answer: What Schools Can and Can’t do 9. Researching in Multilingual/Multicultural Contexts 10. A Harbourful of Yachts: Making Sense of Literacy Research 11. Researching Reading and Writing in Homes and Schools

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ken Cruickshank, Ken (University of Sydney Cruickshank, Cruickshank Ken
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 22.10.2012
• EAN: 9780415654371
• ISBN: 978-0-415-65437-1
• Seiten: 272
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft; EDUCATION / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, Secondary Schools, Moral and social purpose of education, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy