Reading Circles, Novels and Adult Reading Development
Autor Dr Sam Duncanen Limba Engleză Hardback – 22 feb 2012
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781441173157
ISBN-10: 1441173153
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 6 illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1441173153
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 6 illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Caracteristici
Offers insights into novel reading relevant to all readers, regardless of confidence, ability or experience.
Notă biografică
Sam Duncan is Lecturer in Education in the Department of Lifelong and Comparative Education at IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK. She has previously taught adult literacy, English as a foreign language and poetry, film and drama on adult return to study programmes.
Cuprins
Introduction \ 1. The Charted Waters of Reading: How Reading is Claimed, Researched and Defined by Different Fields \ 2. Reading and Adult Life \ 3. How We Learnt to Read \ 4. Literature and Literacy Development \ 5. Reading Circles \ 6. Researching a Reading Circle: What We Did \ 7. Researching a Reading Circle: What We Found \ 8. Reading as Experience \ 9. Reading Circles as 'Ideal Pedagogy' \ 10. The Individual and the Communal \ 11. The Pleasures and Politics of Novel Reading and Reading Circles \ Conclusion \
Recenzii
Given the detail and depth of the text, the target audience of this book is college students, particularly upper level and graduate students, faculty and researchers. The first five chapters will also appeal to anyone interested in the history of reading and literacy. Duncan's book accomplishes its objectives well. Her bibliographic section is very detailed. Her research is thorough, referencing the most significant authors in the field [.] As such, Duncan's text represents a good resource for anyone exploring alternative and sound pedagogical approaches.
The objective of the author is to provide adult literacy teachers with information and experiences that can help them improve the quality of their work. The width of the literature review and the methodically detailed presentation of her study allow me to say that she reached her goal.
'Adults just starting on their reading journey have so much to tell researchers and tutors. This thoughtful book captures their insights and puts the vital link between adult literacy learning and reading group activity in a rich historical context.' Genevieve Clarke, The Reading Agency, UK
'This lively and engaged book invites us to look at reading in a different way, moving us beyond the tired old divisions between literacy and literature that have so bedevilled adult education. In doing so, it offers a new take on the idea of reading for pleasure, gathering up the dimensions of reading that are an indispensable part of all acts of reading: cognitive, imaginative, affective, educational and communicative. It includes a useful overview of the wide range of theoretical approaches to reading and challenges the idea that some kinds of reading are "functional" whereas others are "frivolous and non-essential". Written by an adult literacy expert, it suggests that reading researchers need to talk to readers themselves about their experiences and ideas about reading. It goes on to present the many insights that resulted from asking emerging adult readers the question "What does reading mean to you?" It also details the long and fascinating history of reading circles and advocates them as a potential pedagogy for adult literacy - a pedagogy that builds on a common reading practice, and which combines the pleasures and politics of novel reading with the sensibilities of adult literacy teaching.' Mary Hamilton, Professor of Adult Learning and Literacy, Lancaster University, UK
'This book is well-written and engaging. Most importantly, it addresses reading circles, an area of adult literacy about which we know little. Hopefully it will stimulate additional interest in the area.' Hal Beder, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University, USA
'An original, wide ranging and thoughtful account of a phenomenon that is rarely researched. Sam Duncan provides a clear account of her research embedded within a scholarly account of the social history of reading that will be of interest to teachers of adult literacy, students of reading, researchers, teachers and those with a general interest in the culture of reading in the 21st Century. The strength of this book is the clarity of its writing and the accessibility of the discussion, as well as its scholarly reach. The imaginative space of the reader is evoked through original research into adult literacy students who love to read. Duncan's argument that an historical understanding of adult literacy and of reading can broaden what it is to read and to write is vital in broadening our understanding of contemporary reading habits... The book also argues for the importance of reading for pleasure for all adults. As Duncan argues, 'literacy is at once functional and metaphysical, individual and communal, transformative and transfiguring'. This vision for the potential of literacy can help us re-consider the sometimes utilitarian accounts of literacy presented in schools and college settings and instead offer a vision for literacy that is concerned with transformation and social empowerment.' Kate Pahl, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Sheffield, UK
The objective of the author is to provide adult literacy teachers with information and experiences that can help them improve the quality of their work. The width of the literature review and the methodically detailed presentation of her study allow me to say that she reached her goal.
'Adults just starting on their reading journey have so much to tell researchers and tutors. This thoughtful book captures their insights and puts the vital link between adult literacy learning and reading group activity in a rich historical context.' Genevieve Clarke, The Reading Agency, UK
'This lively and engaged book invites us to look at reading in a different way, moving us beyond the tired old divisions between literacy and literature that have so bedevilled adult education. In doing so, it offers a new take on the idea of reading for pleasure, gathering up the dimensions of reading that are an indispensable part of all acts of reading: cognitive, imaginative, affective, educational and communicative. It includes a useful overview of the wide range of theoretical approaches to reading and challenges the idea that some kinds of reading are "functional" whereas others are "frivolous and non-essential". Written by an adult literacy expert, it suggests that reading researchers need to talk to readers themselves about their experiences and ideas about reading. It goes on to present the many insights that resulted from asking emerging adult readers the question "What does reading mean to you?" It also details the long and fascinating history of reading circles and advocates them as a potential pedagogy for adult literacy - a pedagogy that builds on a common reading practice, and which combines the pleasures and politics of novel reading with the sensibilities of adult literacy teaching.' Mary Hamilton, Professor of Adult Learning and Literacy, Lancaster University, UK
'This book is well-written and engaging. Most importantly, it addresses reading circles, an area of adult literacy about which we know little. Hopefully it will stimulate additional interest in the area.' Hal Beder, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University, USA
'An original, wide ranging and thoughtful account of a phenomenon that is rarely researched. Sam Duncan provides a clear account of her research embedded within a scholarly account of the social history of reading that will be of interest to teachers of adult literacy, students of reading, researchers, teachers and those with a general interest in the culture of reading in the 21st Century. The strength of this book is the clarity of its writing and the accessibility of the discussion, as well as its scholarly reach. The imaginative space of the reader is evoked through original research into adult literacy students who love to read. Duncan's argument that an historical understanding of adult literacy and of reading can broaden what it is to read and to write is vital in broadening our understanding of contemporary reading habits... The book also argues for the importance of reading for pleasure for all adults. As Duncan argues, 'literacy is at once functional and metaphysical, individual and communal, transformative and transfiguring'. This vision for the potential of literacy can help us re-consider the sometimes utilitarian accounts of literacy presented in schools and college settings and instead offer a vision for literacy that is concerned with transformation and social empowerment.' Kate Pahl, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Sheffield, UK