Towards a Critical Sociology of Reading Pedagogy : Papers of the XII World Congress on Reading.

Towards a Critical Sociology of Reading Pedagogy : Papers of the XII World Congress on Reading.

Through critical sociological appraisals of literary theory, research and pedagogy, this volume presents challenges to dominant psychological approaches in reading research and to mainstream discourses about reading and writing pedagogy. Bringing together the recent work of literacy researchers in A...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baker, Carolyn D.
Other Authors: Luke, Allan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1991.
Subjects:
Reading > Social aspects > Congresses.
Books and reading > Sociological aspects > Congresses.
Books and reading > Political aspects > Congresses.
Books and reading > Political aspects
Books and reading > Sociological aspects
Reading > Social aspects
Conference papers and proceedings
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • TOWARDS A CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY OF READING PEDAGOGY PAPERS OF THE XII WORLD CONGRESS ON READING; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; List of Contributors; Towards a Critical Sociology of Reading Pedagogy: An Introduction; I. The Politics of Pedagogy; Chapter 1. The Political Economy of Reading Instruction; Chapter 2. Writing Pedagogy: Personal Voices, Truth Telling and'Real' Texts; Chapter 3. Learning the Literature Lesson: The Limits of the Aesthetic Personality; Chapter 4. Literacy: A Social Skill; II. Reading in Classrooms.
  • Chapter 5. A Situated Perspective on What Counts as ReadingChapter 6. The Embeddedness of Reading In Classroom Life: Reading as a Situated Process; Chapter 7. Literacy Practices and Social Relations in Classroom Reading Events; III. Reconstructing Theory; Chapter 8. readings; Chapter 9. Reading 'readings': Towards a Postmodernist Reading Pedagogy; IV. Reading the Social; Chapter 10. Remarks on Cognitive-Psychological and Critical-Sociological Accounts of Reading; Chapter 11. Discourses and Practices: A Postscript; Author Index; Subject Index.

Similar Items