Literacy by David Barton - 9781405111140

LiteracyAn Introduction to the Ecology of Written Language\nAuthor(s): David Barton\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781405111140, 978-1405111140\nSynopsis\nThis 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.\nAn introductory textbook on the growing field of literacy studies, fully updated for the new edition\nIncludes new sections detailing recent completed studies of literacy practices, and the use of new technologies\nDistinguishes between the competing definitions of literacy in contemporary society, and examines the language and learning theories which underpin new views of literacy\nNow features additional material on cross-cultural perspe.