The Legacies of Literacy

The Legacies of Literacy

Author: Harvey J. Graff

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1987-03-22

Total Pages: 510

ISBN-13: 9780253205988

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" --History of Education Quarterly"A stimulating challenge to traditional assumptions and scholarly commonplaces." --Journal of Communication


Literacy Myths, Legacies, & Lessons

Literacy Myths, Legacies, & Lessons

Author: Harvey J. Graff

Publisher: Transaction Publishers

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1412849667

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In his latest writings on the history of literacy and its importance for present understanding and future rethinking, historian Harvey J. Graff continues his critical revisions of many common ideas about literacy among scholars and others. The eight wide-ranging and diverse essays speak to each other's central concerns about the place of literacy in modern and late-modern culture and society, and its complicated historical foundations. The introduction for Literacy Myths, Legacies, & Lessons sets the stage for connections between the principal concerns of this book. Drawing on other aspects of his research, Graff places the chapters that follow in the context of current thinking and major concerns about literacy, and the development of both historical and interdisciplinary studies. Special emphasis falls upon the usefulness of "the literacy myth" as an important concept and subject for interdisciplinary study and understanding. Critical stock-taking of the field includes reflections on Graff's own research and writing of the last three decades and the relationships that connect interdisciplinary rethinking and the literacy myth. The collection is noteworthy for its attention to Graff's reflections on his identification of "the literacy myth" and in developing the LiteracyStudies@OSU initiative as a model for university-wide interdisciplinary programs. The essays also deal with ordinary fears about literacy, or illiteracy, that are shared by academics and concerned citizens. The nontechnical essays will speak to both academic and nonacademic audiences across disciplines and cultural orientations. --Book Jacket.


Legacies of Christian Languaging and Literacies in American Education

Legacies of Christian Languaging and Literacies in American Education

Author: Mary M. Juzwik

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-10-23

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0429648421

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Because spiritual life and religious participation are widespread human and cultural phenomena, these experiences unsurprisingly find their way into English language arts curriculum, learning, teaching, and teacher education work. Yet many public school literacy teachers and secondary teacher educators feel unsure how to engage religious and spiritual topics and responses in their classrooms. This volume responds to this challenge with an in-depth exploration of diverse experiences and perspectives on Christianity within American education. Authors not only examine how Christianity – the historically dominant religion in American society – shapes languaging and literacies in schooling and other educational spaces, but they also imagine how these relations might be reconfigured. From curricula to classroom practice, from narratives of teacher education to youth coming-to-faith, chapters vivify how spiritual lives, beliefs, practices, communities, and religious traditions interact with linguistic and literate practices and pedagogies. In relating legacies of Christian languaging and literacies to urgent issues including White supremacy, sexism and homophobia, and the politics of exclusion, the volume enacts and invites inclusive relational configurations within and across the myriad American Christian sub-cultures coming to bear on English language arts curriculum, teaching, and learning. This courageous collection contributes to an emerging scholarly literature at the intersection of language and literacy teaching and learning, religious literacy, curriculum studies, teacher education, and youth studies. It will speak to teacher educators, scholars, secondary school teachers, and graduate and postgraduate students, among others.


A Companion to the History of the Book

A Companion to the History of the Book

Author: Simon Eliot

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-03-30

Total Pages: 617

ISBN-13: 140519278X

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A COMPANION TO THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK A COMPANION TO THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK Edited by Simon Eliot and Jonathan Rose “As a stimulating overview of the multidimensional present state of the field, the Companion has no peer.” Choice “If you want to understand how cultures come into being, endure, and change, then you need to come to terms with the rich and often surprising history Of the book ... Eliot and Rose have done a fine job. Their volume can be heartily recommended. “ Adrian Johns, Technology and Culture From the early Sumerian clay tablet through to the emergence of the electronic text, this Companion provides a continuous and coherent account of the history of the book. A team of expert contributors draws on the latest research in order to offer a cogent, transcontinental narrative. Many of them use illustrative examples and case studies of well-known texts, conveying the excitement surrounding this rapidly developing field. The Companion is organized around four distinct approaches to the history of the book. First, it introduces the variety of methods used by book historians and allied specialists, from the long-established discipline of bibliography to newer IT-based approaches. Next, it provides a broad chronological survey of the forms and content of texts. The third section situates the book in the context of text culture as a whole, while the final section addresses broader issues, such as literacy, copyright, and the future of the book. Contributors to this volume: Michael Albin, Martin Andrews, Rob Banham, Megan L Benton, Michelle P. Brown, Marie-Frangoise Cachin, Hortensia Calvo, Charles Chadwyck-Healey, M. T. Clanchy, Stephen Colclough, Patricia Crain, J. S. Edgren, Simon Eliot, John Feather, David Finkelstein, David Greetham, Robert A. Gross, Deana Heath, Lotte Hellinga, T. H. Howard-Hill, Peter Kornicki, Beth Luey, Paul Luna, Russell L. Martin Ill, Jean-Yves Mollier, Angus Phillips, Eleanor Robson, Cornelia Roemer, Jonathan Rose, Emile G. L Schrijver, David J. Shaw, Graham Shaw, Claire Squires, Rietje van Vliet, James Wald, Rowan Watson, Alexis Weedon, Adriaan van der Weel, Wayne A. Wiegand, Eva Hemmungs Wirtén.


Learning Legacies

Learning Legacies

Author: Sarah Robbins

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2017-05-31

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 0472053515

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Examines pedagogy as a toolkit for social change, and the urgent need for cross-cultural collaborative teaching methods


The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in the History of Education

The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in the History of Education

Author: Gary McCulloch

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-11-25

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1000143198

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This Reader brings together a wide range of material to present an international perspective on topical issues in history of education today. Focusing on the enduring trends in this field, this lively and informative Reader provides broad coverage of the subject and includes crucial topics such as: * higher education * informal agencies of education * schooling, the state and local government * education and social change and inequality * curriculum * teachers and pupils * education, work and the economy * education and national identity. With an emphasis on contemporary pieces that deal with issues relevant to the immediate real world, this book represents the research and views of some of the most respected authors in the field today. Gary McCulloch also includes a specially written introduction which provides a much-needed context to the role of history in the current educational climate. Students of history and history of education will find this Reader an important route map to further reading and understanding.


Literacy Myths, Legacies, and Lessons

Literacy Myths, Legacies, and Lessons

Author: Harvey J. Graff

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1351508598

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In his latest writings on the history of literacy and its importance for present understanding and future rethinking, historian Harvey J. Graff continues his critical revisions of many commonly held ideas about literacy. The book speaks to central concerns about the place of literacy in modern and late-modern culture and society, and its complicated historical foundations.Drawing on other aspects of his research, Graff places the chapters that follow in the context of current thinking and major concerns about literacy, and the development of both historical and interdisciplinary studies. Special emphasis falls upon the usefulness of "the literacy myth" as an important subject for interdisciplinary study and understanding. Critical stock-taking of the field includes reflections on Graff's own research and writings of the last three decades, and the relationships that connect interdisciplinary rethinking and the literacy myth.The collection is noteworthy for its attention to Graff's reflections on his identification of "the literacy myth" and in developing LiteracyStudies@OSU (Ohio State University) as a model for university-wide interdisciplinary programs. It also deals with ordinary concerns about literacy, or illiteracy, that are shared by academics and concerned citizens. These nontechnical essays will speak to both academic and nonacademic audiences across disciplines and cultural orientations.


Christian Privilege in U.S. Education

Christian Privilege in U.S. Education

Author: Kevin J. Burke

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2016-12-08

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 131723247X

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Using critical curriculum theory as its lens, this book explores the relationship between religion—specifically, Christianity and the Judeo-Christian ethos underlying it—and secular public education in the United States. Despite various 20th-century court decisions separating religion and education, the authors challenge that religion is in fact absent from public education, suggesting instead that it is in fact very much embedded in current public educational practices and discourses and in a variety of assumptions and perspectives underlying understandings of teaching, learning, and teacher preparation. The book reframes the discussion about religion and schooling, arguing that it remains in the language and metaphors of education, in the practices and routines of schooling, in conceptions of the "’child" and the "teacher" (and what happens between them in the spaces we call "learning," the "classroom," and "curriculum") as well as in assumptions about the role of schools emanating from such conceptions and in the current movement toward accountability, standardization, and testing. Christian Privilege in U.S. Education examines not whether Christianity has a place in public education but, rather, the very ways in which it is pervasive in a legally secular system of education even when religion is not a topic taught in school.


Legacies Aren't Just for Dead People!

Legacies Aren't Just for Dead People!

Author: Robb Lucy

Publisher:

Published: 2015-02

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9780994031709

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If asked "What do you want your Legacy to be?" would you have an answer? Do you have to be rich or famous (or dead) to leave a Legacy? Is a Legacy something you think about only when you're getting older? Is it only about leaving your money or 'stuff' behind? Robb Lucy debunks these myths and shows, with memorable stories, how to create a custom Legacy that will enrich your life and the lives of those around you... now, while you're living Learn how: Legacies make people happy and more fulfilled, at any age. Legacies can be simple or grand (from a garden to a charitable foundation). To build multiple Legacies using your values, talents, skills and resources. To create the ultimate Legacy for your family. Legacies Aren't Just for Dead People is for anyone who has ever thought: 'Do I want my life to have more purpose?' 'Do I want to leave a mark and enjoy it now?' Robb Lucy shows that Legacies are for those who want to lead happy, connected and meaningful lives. They are NOT just for dead people ..". a must read " (B. Workman, AARP) ..". humorous, great stories, a terrific book " (W. Wilkinson, former Pres., Rotary International) ..". packed with insights and practical guidance." (R. Mayot, CARP) ..". a treasure chest of ideas. I was hooked from the opening." (J. Kouzes, The Leadership Challenge) ..".a thoughtful and heartfelt exploration." (Robert Galford, Center for Leading Organizations) "