Dimensions of Literacy: A Conceptual Base for Teaching Reading and Writing in School Settings

By Stephen B. Kucer

Book Overview

This popular text, now in its fourth edition, "unpacks" the various dimensions of literacy--linguistic and other sign systems; cognitive; sociocultural; and developmental--and at the same time accounts for the interrelationships among them. Distinguished by its examination of literacy from a multidimensional and interdisciplinary perspective, it provides a strong conceptual foundation upon which literacy curriculum and instruction in school settings can be grounded.

Linking theory and research to practice in an understandable, user-friendly manner, the text provides in-depth coverage of the dimensions of literacy, includes demonstrations and "hands-on" activities, examines authentic reading and writing events that reflect key concepts, and summarizes the concepts in tables and figures.

Changes in the Fourth Edition- Addresses academic language, new literacies/multiliteracies, and their relationship to literacy learning
- More fully develops the developmental dimension of literacy in separate chapters on adult mediation and learner construction
- Expands the discussion of multimodal literacies
- Extends and integrates the discussion of bilingualism and biliteracy throughout the text
- Integrates instructional implications more fully throughout

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415826462
• ISBN13: 9780415826464
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"