Mary Faith Mount-Cors

Global Literacy in Local Learning Contexts

Connecting Home and School

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Produktbeschreibung

Based on qualitative research focused on literacy and health from three schools in coastal Kenya, this book examines country, school, and family contexts to develop a dual-generation maternal-child model for literacy learning and to connect local-specific phenomena with national and international policy arenas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9781138126121
• ISBN-10: 1138126128
• Artikelnr.: 45331462

Autorenporträt

Mary Faith Mount-Cors is the president of EdIntersect, USA and part-time faculty at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Global Literacy Landscape and Local Literacy Discovery 2.
Theoretical Frameworks: Building a Cultural Model for Literacy 3. Context
Matters: Relevant Trends in Kenya 4. Local Contexts: Rural School
Communities 5. Reading Mothers' Lives: Connecting Home and School 6.
Conclusions: Children, Parents, and Learning Environments