| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 216 pages). |
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text file |
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Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
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Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
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| Summary |
"In Literacy as Conversation, the authors tell stories of successful literacy learning outside of schools and inside communities, both within urban neighborhoods of Philadelphia and rural and semi-rural towns of Arkansas. They define literacy not as a basic skill but as a rich, broadly interactive human behavior: the ability to engage in a conversation carried on, framed by, or enriched through written symbols. Eli Goldblatt takes us to after-school literacy programs, community arts centers, and urban farms in the city of Philadelphia, while David Jolliffe explores learning in a Latinx youth theater troupe, a performance based on the words of men on death row, and long-term cooperation with a rural health care provider in Arkansas. As different as urban and rural settings can be-and as beset as they both are with the challenges of historical racism and economic discrimination-the authors see much to encourage both geographical communities to fight for positive change"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: Introducing Our Terms -- 1. How to Read This Book and Why -- 2. How to LEARN and What to Do about It -- 3. Literacy Needs in Two Regions -- 4. Conversation on Attitudes -- Part II: Learning Networks in Philadelphia -- 5. Out-of-School Literacy Centers -- 6. Community Arts -- 7. Urban Farms -- Part III: Learning Networks in Arkansas -- 8. Health -- 9. Performance -- Conclusion: Constructing Hope through Conversation -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Literacy programs -- Social aspects -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.
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Literacy programs. |
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Social aspects. |
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Pennsylvania. |
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Case studies.
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Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Literacy programs -- Social aspects -- Arkansas -- Case studies.
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Arkansas. |
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Urban youth -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.
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Urban youth -- Education. |
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Urban youth. |
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Urban youth -- Education -- Arkansas -- Case studies.
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Rural youth -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.
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Rural youth -- Education. |
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Rural youth. |
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Rural youth -- Education -- Arkansas -- Case studies.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Jolliffe, David A., author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 0822946246 9780822946243 (DLC) 2020034659 (OCoLC)1143633797 |
| ISBN |
9780822987659 (electronic book) |
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0822987651 (electronic book) |
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9780822946243 (hardcover) |
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0822946246 (hardcover) |
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