Practice and Research in Literacy
1st Edition
Published on 11. July 2002
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-7619-9597-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book is an outcome of a dialogue among theoreticians and practitioners of literacy who came together at a national symposium on Literacy in Hyderabad. It provides a place for conflicting voices on literacy and education in India.
The volume is a collection of fifteen essays carrying a whole range of views on literacy and its practice in contemporary India and forms part of the on-going series Research in Applied Linguistics. The contributors include government officials, activists, NGO workers, representatives of women's organizations, university teachers and research scholars, this presenting a comprehensive view of the different issues related to literacy and literacy drives in India.
The volume is a collection of fifteen essays carrying a whole range of views on literacy and its practice in contemporary India and forms part of the on-going series Research in Applied Linguistics. The contributors include government officials, activists, NGO workers, representatives of women's organizations, university teachers and research scholars, this presenting a comprehensive view of the different issues related to literacy and literacy drives in India.
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Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
422 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-9597-5 (9780761995975)
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Content
Introduction
PART ONE: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LITERACY, SOCIETY, LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION
A Farce Called Literacy - Rama Kant Agnihotri
Literacy and Development - Brian V Street
Challenges to the Dominant Paradigm
Total Literacy Campaigns - Sadhna Saxena
Where Do We Go from Here?
Language, Dialect and Literacy - Aditi Mukherjee
Universal Literacy and Oral Cultures - Lachman M Khubchandani
Some Dilemmas
PART TWO: LITERACY PRACTICE: PEDAGOGY AND EVALUATION
National Literacy Mission - Lakshmidhar Mishra
Past, Present and Future
The Kerala Experience in Mass Literacy - P K Ravindran
Evaluating the Social Impact of Literacy - D Vasanta, Sonya Gupta and P Devi
Some Lessons from the Literacy Campaign in Nellore
Evaluation of Total Literacy Campaigns - D Subba Rao and B S Vasudeva Rao
The Andhra Pradesh Experience
Literacy and Empowerment - Girijana Deepika, Yakshi and Anthra
An Experimental Account of Using REFLECT as an Innovative Approach to Adult Education in Andhra Pradesh
Some Personal Reflections on Literacy Issues - Rajesh Sachdeva
Literacy Pedagogy - Sandip Bandyopadhyay
The West Bengal Scenario
Culture-Specific Literacy Work - Ilina Sen
The Chattisgarh Experience
The BGVS Experience in Mass Literacy - K K Krishna Kumar and S R Sankaran
Literacy and Language Pedagogy - V Swarajya Lakshmi
A Case Study of Mahaboobnagar District
PART ONE: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LITERACY, SOCIETY, LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION
A Farce Called Literacy - Rama Kant Agnihotri
Literacy and Development - Brian V Street
Challenges to the Dominant Paradigm
Total Literacy Campaigns - Sadhna Saxena
Where Do We Go from Here?
Language, Dialect and Literacy - Aditi Mukherjee
Universal Literacy and Oral Cultures - Lachman M Khubchandani
Some Dilemmas
PART TWO: LITERACY PRACTICE: PEDAGOGY AND EVALUATION
National Literacy Mission - Lakshmidhar Mishra
Past, Present and Future
The Kerala Experience in Mass Literacy - P K Ravindran
Evaluating the Social Impact of Literacy - D Vasanta, Sonya Gupta and P Devi
Some Lessons from the Literacy Campaign in Nellore
Evaluation of Total Literacy Campaigns - D Subba Rao and B S Vasudeva Rao
The Andhra Pradesh Experience
Literacy and Empowerment - Girijana Deepika, Yakshi and Anthra
An Experimental Account of Using REFLECT as an Innovative Approach to Adult Education in Andhra Pradesh
Some Personal Reflections on Literacy Issues - Rajesh Sachdeva
Literacy Pedagogy - Sandip Bandyopadhyay
The West Bengal Scenario
Culture-Specific Literacy Work - Ilina Sen
The Chattisgarh Experience
The BGVS Experience in Mass Literacy - K K Krishna Kumar and S R Sankaran
Literacy and Language Pedagogy - V Swarajya Lakshmi
A Case Study of Mahaboobnagar District