Literacy for sustainable development in the age of information / Naz Rassool.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Clevedon [England] ; Philadelphia :
Multilingual Matters,
[1999]
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| Series: | Language and education library ;
14. |
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction: What is Literacy?
- Pt. 1. Theoretical Frameworks
- 1. Literacy: In Search of a Paradigm
- Pt. 2. Literacy and Development Issues
- 2. Literacy and the Nation-State
- 3. Literacy and Social Development
- 4. The Role of Mass Literacy Campaigns in Social Development: Some Lessons from the Past
- Pt. 3. Globalisation: The Implications of Technological Development, Social and Cultural Change for Concepts and Definitions of Literacy
- 5. Technological and Cultural Transformations
- 6. Changing Definitions of 'Text' within the Information Society
- 7. Conceptualising Literacy, Knowledge and Power in the Information Society
- 8. Towards a 'Communicative Competence' for Democratic Participation in the Information Society
- Bibliography
- Index.