Space and Practice of Reading - A Case Study of Reading and Social Class in Singapore

List of contents

1. Acknowledgements
2. Preface
3. Introduction: Social Class, Cultural Capital, and Reading
4. Becoming a Reader: Home-School Connections
5. Singaporean Boys Constructing Global Literate Selves: School-Nation Connections
6. Levelling the Reading Gap: Socio-Spatial Perspectives
7. Conclusion: The Space and Practice of Reading
8. Appendix
9. References
10. Index

About the author

Chin Ee Loh is Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University.

Summary

This comparative study of reading practices in Singapore, brings a fresh theoretical approach to the study of reading practices by mobilizing critical spatial theory and unearths previously unacknowledged spaces of (in)equity in reading practices and reconfiguring these spaces for intervention.

Product details

• Authors: Chin Ee Loh, Chin Ee (National Institute of Education Loh, Loh Chin Ee
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781138365766
• ISBN: 978-1-138-36576-6
• No. of pages: 130
• Series: Routledge Research in Language Education; Routledge Research in Language Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; EDUCATION / General, Literacy, EDUCATION / Language Experience Approach, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, Singapore, History of Education, Teaching skills and techniques, Social classes, Literacy strategies, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy