Before Writing - Rethinking the Paths to Literacy (Hardcover)

Gunther Kress argues for a radical reappraisal of the phenomenon of literacy, and hence for a profound shift in educational practice. Through close attention to the plethora of objects which children constantly produce--drawings, cut-outs, writings and collages-- Kress suggests a set of principles which reveal the underlying coherence of children's actions-- actions which allow us to connect them with attempts to make meaning before they acquire language and writing.
This book provides fundamental challenges to commonly held assumptions about both language and literacy and thought and action. It places these challenges within the context of speculation about the abilities which will become essential for children as young adults, and calls for the radical decentering of language in educational theory and practice.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 1996
First published:	1997
Authors:	Gunther Kress
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	198
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-13804-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Literacy Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > Lexicography
LSN:	0-415-13804-3
Barcode:	9780415138048

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