Literacy: An Introduction to the Ecology of Written Language

by David Barton

This introduction to the expanding field of literacy studies has been fully revised for the second edition. It explores recent developments and new research that has contributed to our understanding of literacy practices, reflecting on the interdisciplinary growth of the study of reading and writing over the past decade.

Genres: Nonfiction

257 pages, Paperback

First published May 17, 1994

Reviews

[Sunah Chung · Rating 5 out of 5]

Regarding literacy and literacy education, the author, David Barton, explains major concepts and implications educators and researchers need to contemplate about. Literacy activities are not limited to the education at school, but expended to daily practices with peers, family, community, and alone. In this regard, he emphasizes the ecological perspectives to account for literacy activities. Specifically, he focuses on literacy as reading and comprehending the written form. He also considers writing systems and the meaning of written forms of language. This book provides great background knowledge on literacy practices to those who study literacy education.

[Tyson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Poorly formatted

I would have expected a book of this price to be off a higher quality. There are several extra spaces and grammatical error throughout the entire book. While the content is fine, the overall format is one of the worst I’ve seen on Kindle. The price should reflect the lack of attention to ebook formatting.