What They Don’t Learn in School: Literacy in the Lives of

What They Don’t Learn in School: Literacy in the Lives of Urban Youth (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies)
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Contributors to this book have illuminated the practices of literacy and learning in the lives of urban youth. Their descriptions and assessments of these practices are anchored in perspectives of Â«New Literacy StudiesÂ». The ten studies explore a number of urban scenes in order to engage, understand, and present multiple youth identities, attitudes, activities, representations, and stories connected to a range of situated, adaptive, and voluntary uses of literacy. The authors use a variety of conceptual and methodological approaches to explicate the various skills, the distinct methods of production or composition, the subjective and collective meanings, the mutable and variegated texts, and the dynamic contexts that urban youth utilize for expression, affirmation, and pleasure. There is a response to each chapter by a major scholar in its area of focus. Together, these studies and responses contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the pedagogies, politics, and possibilities of literacy and learning in and out of school.

Country	USA
Brand	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Manufacturer	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	7 ill.
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780820450360
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

What They Don’t Learn in School: Literacy in the Lives of Urban Youth (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies)