Literacy - An Advanced Resource Book for Students (Hardcover, annotated edition)

Literacy is a comprehensive resource book which provides students and researchers with support for advanced study of the topic. It introduces readers to a broad range of approaches to understanding literacy in educational contexts and in society.

Literacy:

• introduces key concepts and establishes the key terms, extending readers' techniques of analysis through practical application.
• brings together influential articles, sets them in context and discusses their contribution to the field. These core readings are all fully annotated.
• includes readings by David Barton, Norman Fairclough, James Paul Gee, Roger Fowler, Gunther Kress and Jay Lemke
• includes further sample material and activities that enable readers to engage more actively with the subject matter and encourages them to develop their own responses.

Written by a leader in the field, this book covers the key themes in the discipline, including Acquisition of Literacy, 'Academic Literacy' in Higher Education, Workplace Literacies, Literacy and Schooling and Multimodality.