Oral Discourse and Education (Hardcover, 1997 ed.)

This volume, one of eight in a series entitled Encyclopedia of Language and Education, examines spoken language as a field of study, looking at the various ways in which the place of talk can be theorized in education, and examining the way talk is actually done in educational settings. Given the centrality of literacy-based practices in schools, a book focusing on talk brings quite different and important perspectives to the study of education. Talk is something that has often been devalued and taken for granted. What becomes evident throughout the papers included in this volume is that talk is of central importance in establishing identities and the cultures in which those identities are located. However, because people are unused to reflexively examining the way they talk, there is a serious disjuncture between what they believe talk should achieve and what can be seen to be achieved in actual talk in educational settings.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Encyclopedia of Language and Education, 3
Release date:	November 2005
First published:	November 2005
Editors:	Bronwyn Davies • P. Corson
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	292
Edition:	1997 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-4639-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Promotions
LSN:	0-7923-4639-4
Barcode:	9780792346395

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