Community Literacy Programs and the Politics of Change

Community Literacy Programs and the Politics of Change
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An examination of community literacy programs--with an eye toward radical change.

This book does a wonderful job of bringing together an astounding number of provocative ideas in a way that links theory and practice. Grabill's viewpoint that institutions that affect community literacy programs can be redesigned in a participatory fashion that both empower the users of those programs and improve the institutions attempting to meet users needs' is brilliant. I haven't seen this idea anywhere in my literacy reading, and yet I am convinced that Grabill is right. Mary Sue Garay, coeditor of Expanding Literacies: English Teaching and the New WorkplaceCommunity Literacy Programs and the Politics of Change argues that the meaning and value of literacy is a function of specific local institutions. At the core of the book is an examination of one institution, Western District Adult Basic Education. Grabill moves between the case of Western District and literacy theory from disciplines like rhetoric, composition, education, sociology, and professional and technical writing in order to develop a theory of institutions and institutional change. The book enables researchers and teachers to locate spaces where change is possible within institutional systems and then work in those spaces to change the meaning and value of literacy.
Country USA
Brand State University of New York Press
Manufacturer State University of New York Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0791450724
Color Black
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780791450727
ReleaseDate 2001-08-30

Country	USA
Brand	State University of New York Press
Manufacturer	State University of New York Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0791450724
Color	Black
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780791450727
ReleaseDate	2001-08-30

Community Literacy Programs and the Politics of Change

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