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Defying the odds : class and the pursuit of higher literacy /
"In this book at why some determinedly pursue higher literacy against all expectations and predictions, Donna Dunbar-Odom explores the complex relationships people have with literacy, paying particular attention to the relationship between literacy and class. She shares the personal and often p...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2007.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | "In this book at why some determinedly pursue higher literacy against all expectations and predictions, Donna Dunbar-Odom explores the complex relationships people have with literacy, paying particular attention to the relationship between literacy and class. She shares the personal and often poignant literacy narratives of writers, academics, and her own students to reveal a great deal about what motivates desire for higher literacy, as well as what gets in the way. Bringing together these reflections with current literacy, composition, and class theories, Dunbar-Odom provides a better understanding of how to tap that desire in writing classrooms. Ultimately, the author argues that teachers need to focus less attention on how students should read and more on why they might want to."--Jacket |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (viii, 139 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-136) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781429471251 1429471255 9780791469712 0791469719 9780791469729 0791469727 9780791480717 0791480712 |