Joining the Literacy Club: Further Essays into Education - Softcover

Smith, Frank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0435084569 ISBN 13: 9780435084561

Publisher: Longman, 1987

Synopsis

"The Literacy Club," Frank Smith's metaphor describing the social nature of literacy learning, has become widely used in recent years. The essays in this collection reflect Smith's belief that we learn from other people, not so much through conscious emulation as by "joining the club" of people we see ourselves as being like, and by being helped to engage in their activities. The general theme holding the essays together is that the most significant people in every learner's life are teachers the formal teachers of the classroom, the informal (and less frequently acknowledged) teachers in the world outside school, and the teachers (scarcely ever recognized) who are the authors of the books we read.

About this title

Product Description:

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About the Author:

FRANK SMITH has always been fascinated by language. He worked as a journalist in many countries before beginning formal academic studies in Australia. This led to a Ph.D. at Harvard University and further world travel researching, lecturing, and writing on thinking and learning. He has been a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

About this edition

• Publisher: Longman
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0435084569
• ISBN 13: 9780435084561
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1