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Before Writing Gunther Kress (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)

Before Writing By Gunther Kress (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)

Before Writing by Gunther Kress (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)

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Gunther Kress provides fundamental challenges to common assumptions about language and literacy, thought and action. He places these challenges within the context of speculation about the abilities and dispositions essential for children.

Before Writing Summary

Before Writing: Rethinking the Paths to Literacy by Gunther Kress (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)

Gunther Kress argues for a radical reappraisal of the phenomenon of literacy, and hence for a profound shift in educational practice. Through close attention to the variety of objects which children constantly produce (drawings, cuttings-out, 'writings' and collages), Kress suggests a set of principles which reveal the underlying coherence of children's actions; actions which allow us to connect them with attempts to make meaning before they acquire language and writing.
This book provides fundamental challenges to commonly held assumptions about both language and literacy, thought and action. It places these challenges within the context of speculation about the abilities and dispositions essential for children as young adults, and calls for the radical decentring of language in educational theory and practice.

Before Writing Reviews

'A call for a fundamental change in education. Provocatively, he defines school as a place where teachers insist the world can only be known through the abstractions of written language. His book shows the fascinating ways in which children express and exchange meaning on their progress to literacy.' - New Scientist

'Before Writing has radical implications both for linguistic theory and for educational practice. It calls into question the accepted focus on written language as a privileged system of representation.' - Journal of Sociolinguistics

About Gunther Kress (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)

Gunther Kress

Table of Contents

List of colour plates, List of figures, Preface, 1 Literacy, identity and futures, 2 'My Gawd, I made it like Australia':making meaning in many media, 3 Making sense of the world:'The seagulls are reading the newspaper', 4 Drawing letters and writing dinosaurs:children's early engagement with print, 5 'You made it like a crocodile':a theory of children's meaning-making, 7 Teaching literacy, learning literacy, 8 Futures, Sources and contexts, Bibliography, Index

Additional information

GOR002869934
9780415138055
0415138051
Before Writing: Rethinking the Paths to Literacy by Gunther Kress (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)
Gunther Kress (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1996-12-19
198
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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