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Taylor & Francis Ltd Contextualising Difficulties in Literacy Development Exploring politics Culture Ethnicity and Ethics by Gavin Reid and Janet Soler and Janice Wearmouth
This book provides a range of interdisciplinary and international perspectives on difficulties in literacy development. The high-profile team of contributors provide ethical and policy discussions, as well as contextualising individual and collective strategies to addressing difficulties in literacy development. The chapters break new ground by encompassing a wide range of perspectives related to critical literacy, socio-cultural, cognitive, and psychological viewpoints, to help inform practice, policy and research into literacy difficulties._x000D__x000D_Issues addressed include:_x000D__x000D_*the different ways literacy can be conceptualised through social-science based disciplinary perspectives_x000D_*the issues at the centre of current public and professional debates surrounding literacy difficulties and how these have impacted upon pedagogical responses _x000D_*the impact of these wider political and social issues on individual students._x000D__x000D_This reader forms the basis of the Open University's Difficulties in Literacy Development course, but will also be of interest to postgraduate students, teachers, researchers, education professionals and policymakers who are keen to address difficulties in literacy development._x000D_show more