This book presents a critical discourse analysis of official
representations of family literacy programmes, a globalised
pedagogic discourse introduced into the UK in the 1990s. This new
educational practice brings social action in the private domain of
the home into the institutional domain of the classroom. Boundaries
are crossed both within the educational fields and between public
and private spheres. Family literacy aims to reach marginalised
families with few educational qualifications. The author explores
this pedagogy's potential contribution to creating a more equal
society through analysis of British teacher training films produced
for educators new to the practice. She shows how representations of
interaction with the written language are transformed by the social
relations of the genre, and how power relations are interwoven into
them. The analysis draws on Basil Bernstein's theory of pedagogic
discourse to critique these representations of literacy education
and argue that they are based on tacit class-based assumptions
about literacy practices in the home. It should be of interest to
scholars and postgraduates in education and discourse studies
General
Imprint: |
Lap Lambert Academic Publishing
|
Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
May 2010 |
First published: |
May 2010 |
Authors: |
Kathy Pitt
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
252 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-8383-6541-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Language & linguistics >
Literacy
|
LSN: |
3-8383-6541-0 |
Barcode: |
9783838365411 |
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