Before Writing: Rethinking the Paths to Literacy

by Gunther Kress

Book Overview

Gunther Kress argues for a radical reappraisal of the phenomenon of literacy, and hence for a profound shift in educational practice. Through close attention to the variety of objects which children constantly produce (drawings, cuttings-out, 'writings' and collages), Kress suggests a set of principles which reveal the underlying coherence of children's actions; actions which allow us to connect them with attempts to make meaning before they acquire...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415138051
• ISBN13: 9780415138055
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 8.5"