Past/Present/Future
Literacy Narratives as Critical Inquiry
Published on 28. August 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-13-177512-1 (ISBN)
Description
For courses in Freshman Composition and other undergraduate courses in language and learning
Featuring side-by-side selections of both student writing and published writers, this anthology is a place where students can read about others experiences with literacy and compare them to their own-illustrating the validity, value, and usefulness of personal experience in pursuing and pondering questions about global issues concerning language, literacy, and education. Readings from a variety of disciplines makes this text well-rounded and well-suited for students of multiple and diverse experiences.
Featuring side-by-side selections of both student writing and published writers, this anthology is a place where students can read about others experiences with literacy and compare them to their own-illustrating the validity, value, and usefulness of personal experience in pursuing and pondering questions about global issues concerning language, literacy, and education. Readings from a variety of disciplines makes this text well-rounded and well-suited for students of multiple and diverse experiences.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-13-177512-1 (9780131775121)
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Content
1. Introduction: Why Literacy Narratives?
2. Literacy and Family.
Mother Tongue, Amy Tan. Poor English, Kareem Rizk. How did I ever get through school Roxzanna. Excerpt from Bastard out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison. Schools not supposed to fun, Samantha. Excerpt from Annie John, Jamaica Kincaid. Determination and the Person Who Almost Wasnt, Cole Gill. Family Literacy: Respecting Family Ways, Bettina Lankard Brown. Excerpt from Fatherhood, Bill Cosby. the drama bug, David Sedaris.
3. Literacy and Culture.
Language and Literacy in American and Alaskan Native Communities, Teresa McCarty and Lucille J. Watahomigie. Communication, Eric Davis. Your call cannot be completed as dialed, Clint Dillon. Excerpt from Loving in the War years, Cherrie Moraga. A Troubled Language, Kareem Rizt. Language Learning, Donna Alesich. The Native Voice in American Literature, N. Scott Momaday. "White Tigers," Excerpt from Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong Kingston. At the Top of Their Game, Noreen OLeary. Football and Writing, Dave Viegut. Discourse Fiasco, Katherine Helm.
4. Literacy and School.
Excerpt from Ways with Words, Shirley Brice Heath. Excerpt from Just Girls: Hidden Literacies and Life in Junior High, New York: Teachers College Press, 1997, Margaret Finders. Each child has a different language, Sara Edman. Excerpt from The Achievement of Desire, Richard Rodriguez. Overcoming Difficulty, John Trunek. Excerpt from Lives on the Boundary, Mike Rose. Reading should be fun, not painful, Katie Ahles. Little Girl, Tia Hug. Excerpt from Accumulating Literacy, Deborah Brandt. Going to school, Katy.
5. Literacy and Work.
Repair Orders, Mike Warren. Hearing Other Voices: A Critical Assessment of Popular Views on Literacy and Work, Glynda Hull. A Blue Collar Simmer, Glen Ledet. Communication and Language, Andy Kieck. Literacy Narrative, Melissa Scioneaux. The Inheritance of Tools, Scott Russell Sanders. Excerpt from Ordering Work: Blue-Collar Literacy and the Political Nature of Genre, Written Communication 17.2 April 2000. Excerpt from The Jungle, Upton Sinclair. Technology in the Workplace, Lynda Ginsburg and Jennifer Elmore. Internet Literacy for Unionists. Futurework: Trends and Challenges for Work in the 21st Century, U.S. Department of Labor. Working with the Public, Marisa Blackledge.
6. Literacy and Science.
Excerpt from A Not Entirely Benign Procedure: Four Years as a Medical Student, 1987, Perri Klass. A Quest for Language Skills, Teri. Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World, David W. Orr. Excerpt from Women in Science: Meeting Career Challenges, Angela Pattatucci. Excerpt from Women Becoming Mathematicians: Creating a Professional Identity in Post-World War II America, Margaret A.M. Murray. The Day Nature Struck Back, Matthew Sanders. Excerpt from Ecology, Alienation, and Literacy: Constraints and Possibilities in Ecocomposition, M. Jimmie Killingsworth and John Krajicek. Autobiographical Sketch, Kelly Rusch. Mathematics Education, Jeremy.
7. Literacy and History.
Declaration of Independence. Excerpt from Old Books, Rare Friends, 1997, Madeleine Stern and Leona Rostenberg. Excerpt from Possession, A.S. Byatt. Excerpts from War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars, Scriber 2001, Andrew Carroll.
8. Literacy and Politics.
Examples from her press conferences, Condoleezza Rice. Beth Stuckey. Letter from a Birmingham Kail, Martin Luther King, Jr. How to Tell a True War Story," in The Things They Carried, Tim OBrien. Excerpts from The Three Marias: New Portuguese Letters, Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta, and Maria Fatima Velho da Costa.
9. Literacy and Art.
Gary Smith. Rasheedah Jenkins. AN Angel at My Table, Janet Frame. Excerpt from Push, New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1996, Sapphire.
2. Literacy and Family.
Mother Tongue, Amy Tan. Poor English, Kareem Rizk. How did I ever get through school Roxzanna. Excerpt from Bastard out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison. Schools not supposed to fun, Samantha. Excerpt from Annie John, Jamaica Kincaid. Determination and the Person Who Almost Wasnt, Cole Gill. Family Literacy: Respecting Family Ways, Bettina Lankard Brown. Excerpt from Fatherhood, Bill Cosby. the drama bug, David Sedaris.
3. Literacy and Culture.
Language and Literacy in American and Alaskan Native Communities, Teresa McCarty and Lucille J. Watahomigie. Communication, Eric Davis. Your call cannot be completed as dialed, Clint Dillon. Excerpt from Loving in the War years, Cherrie Moraga. A Troubled Language, Kareem Rizt. Language Learning, Donna Alesich. The Native Voice in American Literature, N. Scott Momaday. "White Tigers," Excerpt from Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong Kingston. At the Top of Their Game, Noreen OLeary. Football and Writing, Dave Viegut. Discourse Fiasco, Katherine Helm.
4. Literacy and School.
Excerpt from Ways with Words, Shirley Brice Heath. Excerpt from Just Girls: Hidden Literacies and Life in Junior High, New York: Teachers College Press, 1997, Margaret Finders. Each child has a different language, Sara Edman. Excerpt from The Achievement of Desire, Richard Rodriguez. Overcoming Difficulty, John Trunek. Excerpt from Lives on the Boundary, Mike Rose. Reading should be fun, not painful, Katie Ahles. Little Girl, Tia Hug. Excerpt from Accumulating Literacy, Deborah Brandt. Going to school, Katy.
5. Literacy and Work.
Repair Orders, Mike Warren. Hearing Other Voices: A Critical Assessment of Popular Views on Literacy and Work, Glynda Hull. A Blue Collar Simmer, Glen Ledet. Communication and Language, Andy Kieck. Literacy Narrative, Melissa Scioneaux. The Inheritance of Tools, Scott Russell Sanders. Excerpt from Ordering Work: Blue-Collar Literacy and the Political Nature of Genre, Written Communication 17.2 April 2000. Excerpt from The Jungle, Upton Sinclair. Technology in the Workplace, Lynda Ginsburg and Jennifer Elmore. Internet Literacy for Unionists. Futurework: Trends and Challenges for Work in the 21st Century, U.S. Department of Labor. Working with the Public, Marisa Blackledge.
6. Literacy and Science.
Excerpt from A Not Entirely Benign Procedure: Four Years as a Medical Student, 1987, Perri Klass. A Quest for Language Skills, Teri. Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Postmodern World, David W. Orr. Excerpt from Women in Science: Meeting Career Challenges, Angela Pattatucci. Excerpt from Women Becoming Mathematicians: Creating a Professional Identity in Post-World War II America, Margaret A.M. Murray. The Day Nature Struck Back, Matthew Sanders. Excerpt from Ecology, Alienation, and Literacy: Constraints and Possibilities in Ecocomposition, M. Jimmie Killingsworth and John Krajicek. Autobiographical Sketch, Kelly Rusch. Mathematics Education, Jeremy.
7. Literacy and History.
Declaration of Independence. Excerpt from Old Books, Rare Friends, 1997, Madeleine Stern and Leona Rostenberg. Excerpt from Possession, A.S. Byatt. Excerpts from War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars, Scriber 2001, Andrew Carroll.
8. Literacy and Politics.
Examples from her press conferences, Condoleezza Rice. Beth Stuckey. Letter from a Birmingham Kail, Martin Luther King, Jr. How to Tell a True War Story," in The Things They Carried, Tim OBrien. Excerpts from The Three Marias: New Portuguese Letters, Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta, and Maria Fatima Velho da Costa.
9. Literacy and Art.
Gary Smith. Rasheedah Jenkins. AN Angel at My Table, Janet Frame. Excerpt from Push, New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1996, Sapphire.