Before Writing

Rethinking the Paths to Literacy

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Gunther Kress

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Paperback / softback

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Gunther Kress' book argues for a radical reappraisal of the phenomenon of literacy, and hence for a profound shift in educational practice. Through close attention to the plethora of objects which children constantly produce: drawings, cuttings-out, 'writings' and collages, Kress suggests a set of principles which give insights into 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 which will become essential for children as young adults in the decades ahead, and calls for the radical decentring of language in educational theory and practice.

Release date Australia

December 19th, 1996

Author

Gunther Kress

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Pages

198

Dimensions

138x216x12

ISBN-13

9780415138055

Product ID

1678806

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