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Discourse and Education
. Ed(S): Martin-Jones, Marilyn; De Mejia, Anne-Marie (Universidad De Los Andes); Hornberger, Nancy H.
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Paperback. This volume surveys the research on discourse and education, adopting the broadest definition of 'discource'. The text of each review is followed by a reference list containing about 30 key references mentioned in the text. Editor(s): Martin-Jones, Marilyn; De Mejia, Anne-Marie (Universidad de los Andes); Hornberger, Nancy H. Num Pages: 412 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFC; CJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1380.
This volume surveys the research on discourse and education, adopting the broadest definition of ‘discource’. • Discourse as ‘talk-in-interaction’, commonly espoused in studies of classroom discourse since the 1970s. • Discourse as ‘ways of understanding and constituting the social world’, the critical, post-structuralist view of discourse as a source of power. Several themes resonate across the four sections and the chapters within them: • Widening the scope of enquiry, combining approaches to discourse • Linking the study of discourse with ethnography • Dealing with the changing nature of contemporary patterns of communication This is one of ten volumes ... Read more
This volume surveys the research on discourse and education, adopting the broadest definition of ‘discource’. • Discourse as ‘talk-in-interaction’, commonly espoused in studies of classroom discourse since the 1970s. • Discourse as ‘ways of understanding and constituting the social world’, the critical, post-structuralist view of discourse as a source of power. Several themes resonate across the four sections and the chapters within them: • Widening the scope of enquiry, combining approaches to discourse • Linking the study of discourse with ethnography • Dealing with the changing nature of contemporary patterns of communication This is one of ten volumes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
Number of Pages
412
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048194575
SKU
V9789048194575
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About . Ed(S): Martin-Jones, Marilyn; De Mejia, Anne-Marie (Universidad De Los Andes); Hornberger, Nancy H.
Nancy H. Hornberger is Professor of Education and Director of Educational Linguistics at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. Her interests include language planning and policy; bilingualism, bilingual education and biliteracy; and the ethnography of communication. Marilyn Martin-Jones is professor of Languages in Education and Director of the MOSAIC Centre. Anne-Marie de Mejía is associate ... Read more
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