Other people's words : the cycle of low literacy /

If asked to identify which children rank lowest in relation to national educational norms, have higher school dropout and absence rates, and more commonly experience learning problems, few of us would know the answer: white, urban Appalachian children. These are the children and grandchildren of App...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Purcell-Gates, Victoria
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995.
Temas:
Literacy > Social aspects > Appalachian Region, Southern > Case studies.
People with social disabilities > Education > Appalachian Region, Southern > Case studies.
Educational anthropology > Appalachian Region, Southern > Case studies.
Manners and customs.
Literacy > ethnology
Socioeconomic Factors
Cultural Characteristics
Alphabétisation > Aspect social > Appalaches (Sud) > Études de cas.
Handicapés sociaux > Éducation > Appalaches (Sud) > Cas, Études de.
Anthropologie et éducation > Appalaches (Sud) > Cas, Études de.
Personnes socialement défavorisées > Éducation > Appalaches (Sud) > Études de cas.
Anthropologie et éducation > Appalaches (Sud) > Études de cas.
Mœurs et coutumes.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Literacy.
Educational anthropology.
Literacy > Social aspects.
People with social disabilities > Education.
Erlebnisbericht
Kind
Leseunterricht
Unterprivilegierung
Kansarmen.
Achtergestelden.
Analfabetisme.
Alfabetisering.
Appalachian Region
Southern Appalachian Region.
Appalachen > Süd
Case Reports
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Literacy, Schools, and Society
  • 1. Nonliterate in an American City
  • 2. Jenny and Donny's World
  • 3. A World without Print
  • 4. Becoming Literate: Donny
  • 5. In Her Own Words: Jenny
  • 6. Print Enters the World of Donny and Jenny
  • 7. Who Reads and Writes in My World?
  • 8. Exclusion and Access
  • 9. The Complexities of Culture, Language, Literacy, and Cognition
  • Appendix: Research Procedures and Stances
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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