Literacy in American Lives

Overview

Literacy in American Lives traces the changing conditions of literacy learning over the past century as they were felt in the lives of ordinary Americans born between 1895 and 1985. The book demonstrates what sharply rising standards for literacy have meant to successive generations of Americans and how--as students, workers, parents, and citizens--they have responded to rapid changes in the meaning and methods of literacy learning in their society. Drawing on more than 80 life histories of Americans from all walks of life, the book addresses critical questions facing public education at the start of the twenty-first century.

Details

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published

2001-05-28

Pages

258

Language

EN

Categories

History / Social History, Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General, Language Arts & Disciplines / Literacy, Psychology / General, Psychology / Developmental / Child

ISBN-13

9780521003063