Local Literacies: Reading and Writing in One Community

by David Barton, Mary Hamilton

Local Literacies is a unique study of everyday reading and writing. By concentrating on a selection of people in a particular community in Britain, the authors analyze how they use literacy in their day-to-day lives.
This exploration provides a description of literacy at one point in time, and also reveals the nature and significance of communication to people, households and communities.
Local Literacies , the first in-depth study of literacy,
* appendices of raw data
* notes for teachers and students on how to use the book
* guidance for carrying out individual research
Local Literacies is both a theoretical work, and a practical book. It provides stimulating and informative reading for anyone interested in the nature of literacy today, particularly students, teachers and researchers.

Genres: Nonfiction

320 pages, Paperback

First published March 26, 1998

Reviews

[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

new literacy studies - what counts when we think about what reading, writing, knowing are.