Social Worlds of Children Learning to Write in an Urban Primary School

Dyson supports efforts to make literacy curricula accessible to our schools' socioculturally diverse population. This two-year ethnographic study of K-3 children focuses on six students who would normally be deemed "at-risk" and who do not tell stories in the written language format valued by most early literacy educators. Their literacy learning, particularly their writing development, is portrayed as a social process in a complex social world. Dyson's key theme is the link between composing a text and composing a place in ... Read More

Dyson supports efforts to make literacy curricula accessible to our schools' socioculturally diverse population. This two-year ethnographic study of K-3 children focuses on six students who would normally be deemed "at-risk" and who do not tell stories in the written language format valued by most early literacy educators. Their literacy learning, particularly their writing development, is portrayed as a social process in a complex social world. Dyson's key theme is the link between composing a text and composing a place in this social world. Read Less

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  	This is a digital edition of this title. Buy eBook Lifetime Access: $24.95 Title: Social Worlds of Children Learning to Write in an Urban Primary School by Anne Haas Dyson Publisher: Teachers College Press Print ISBN: 9780807732953, 0807732958 eText ISBN: 9780807777268 Edition: 1994 Format: EPUB eBook	$24.95 Buy eBook This is a digital eBook Nothing will be shipped to you Works with web browsers and the VitalSource app on all Windows, Mac, Chromebook, Kindle Fire, iOS, and Android devices Most eBooks are returnable within 14 days of purchase Questions? See our eBook FAQ