Literacy, Society, and Schooling

Part I. Matters of Value: 1. On defining literacy Suzanne de Castell, Allan Luke, and David MacLennan; 2. The functions and uses of literacy Shirley Brice Heath; 3. The properties, purposes, and promotion of literacy John Wilson; 4. Literacy and the education of the emotions Robert C. Solomon; Part II. Matters Historical and Social: 5. The legacies of literacy: continuities and contradictions in western society and culture Harvey J. Graff; 6. Models of literacy in North American schools: social and historical conditions and consequences Suzanne de Castell and Allan Luke; 7. A sociohistorical approach to remediation Michael Cole and Peg Griffin; 8. The business of literacy: the making of the educational textbook Rowland Lotimer; Part III. Matters Empirical: 9. Learning to mean what you say: toward a psychology of literacy David R. Olson; 10. Metalinguistic awareness and the growth of literacy Michael L. Herriman; 11. On modeling comprehension Walter Kintsch; 12. Reading is recognition when reading is not reasoning J. Jaap Tuinman; 13. Critical factors in literacy development Shirley Bruce Heath; Part IV. Matters Practical: 14. Foundations for literacy: pre-reading development and instruction Jana Mason; 15. Individual development in literacy Kieran Egan; 16. Teaching students not to read Walter H. MacGinitie and Ruth K. MacGinitie; 17. Teaching writing: the process approach, humanism, and the context of 'crisis' Richard M. Coe; 18. Collaborative revision: learning and self-assessment Michael C. Flanigan; Notes on contributors; Author index; Subject index.