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1. Improving Learning in College

   Rethinking Literacies Across the Curriculum

   By Roz Ivanic, Richard Edwards, David Barton, Marilyn Martin-Jones, Zoe Fowler, Buddug Hughes, Greg Mannion, Kate Miller, Candice Satchwell, June Smith

   Series: Improving Learning

   What's the problem with literacy at college? How might everyday literacy be harnessed for educational ends? Based on the first major study of literacy practices in colleges in the UK, this book explores the reading and writing associated with learning subjects across the college curriculum. It...

   Published February 15th 2009 by Routledge
2. Literacy, Lives and Learning

   By David Barton, Roz Ivanic, Yvon Appleby, Rachel Hodge, Karin Tusting

   Series: Literacies

   Demonstrating what it is like to be an adult learner in today’s world, this book focuses on language, literacy and numeracy learning. The authors explore the complex relationship between learning and adults’ lives, following a wide range of individual students in various formal learning situations,...

   Published October 30th 2007 by Routledge
3. Situated Literacies

   Theorising Reading and Writing in Context

   Edited by David Barton, Mary Hamilton, Roz Ivanic

   Series: Literacies

   Situated Literacies is a rich and varied collection of key writings from leading international scholars in the field of literacy. Each contribution, written in a clear, accessible style, makes the link between literacies in specific contexts and broader social practices.Detailed ethnographic...

   Published October 20th 1999 by Routledge
4. The Politics of Writing

   By Romy Clark, Roz Ivanic

   Writing matters: it plays a key role in the circulation of ideas in society and has a direct impact on the development of democracy. But only a few get to do the kind of writing that most influence this development. The Politics of Writing examines writing as a social practice. The authors draw on...

   Published June 4th 1997 by Routledge