Social Literacies

<p><i>Social Literacies</i> develops new and critical approaches to the understanding of literacy in an international perspective. It represents part of the current trend towards a broader consideration of literacy as social practices, and as its title suggests, it focuses on the social nature of reading and writing and the multiple character of literacy practices.</p> <p>Acknowledgements<br>Introduction<br><br><b>Section 1: Literacy, Politics and Social Change</b><br>Introduction<br>1 Putting Literacies on the Political Agenda<br>2 Literacy and Social Change: The Significance of Social Context in the Development of Literacy Programmes<br><br><b>Section 2: The Ethnography of Literacy</b><br>Introduction <br>3. The Uses of Literacy and Anthropology in Iran<br>4. Orality and Literacy as Ideological Constructions: Some Problems in Cross-cultural Studies<br><br><b>Section 3. Literacy in Education</b><br>Introduction<br>5. The Schooling of Literacy<br>6. The Implications of the New Literacy Studies for Pedagogy<br><br><b>Section 4: Towards a Critical Framework</b><br>Introduction<br>7. A critical Look at Walter Ong and the `Great Divide'<br>8. Literacy Practices and Literacy Myths<br><br>Index</p>