Literacy, language, and community publishing : essays in adult education /

In direct opposition to current imperatives to standardisation and 'standards', the writers in this book argue for the effectiveness of deeper and more generous approaches to literacy and language: approaches which are at the heart of the community publishing movement in the UK.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Mace, Jane
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Clevedon, England : Multilingual Matters, ©1995.
Series:Multilingual matters (Series)
Subjects:
Functional literacy > Great Britain.
Adult education > Great Britain.
Publishers and publishing > Great Britain.
Alphabétisation fonctionnelle > Grande-Bretagne.
Éducation des adultes > Grande-Bretagne.
EDUCATION > Adult & Continuing Education.
EDUCATION > Non-Formal Education.
Adult education
Functional literacy
Publishers and publishing
Alphabetisierung
Erwachsenenbildung
Aufsatzsammlung
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Adult education > Literacy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Jane Mace
  • 1. Sailing out from Safe Harbours: Writing for Publishing in Adult Basic Education / Stella Fitzpatrick
  • 2. Can't, Won't or Don't: Readers and Writers in Adult Education / Rebecca O'Rourke
  • 3. Working with Words: Active Learning in a Community Writing and Publishing Group / Michael Hayler and Alistair Thomson
  • 4. 'You Can't Write Until You Can Spell': Attitudes to Writing amongst Adult Basic Education Students / Judy Wallis
  • 5. Working on Writing with Refugees / Helen Sunderland
  • 6. Writers in Search of an Audience: Taking Writing from Personal to Public / Patricia Duffin
  • 7. Reminiscence as Literacy: Intersections and Creative Moments / Jane Mace
  • 8. Disappearing Language: Fragments and Fractures Between Speech and Writing / Roxy Harris
  • 9. Controlling or Empowering? Writing Through a Scribe in Adult Basic Education / Wendy Moss
  • 10. Oral History and Bilingual Publishing / Sav Kyriacou
  • 11. Improving on the Blank Page / Sean Taylor.

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