Portraits of Everyday Literacy for Social Justice Reframing the Debate for Families and Communities /

• Main Author: Jones, Susan (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Literacy.; Lifelong learning.; Adult education.; Educational sociology.; Educational sociology .; Education and sociology.; Learning.; Instruction.; Lifelong Learning/Adult Education.; Sociology of Education.; Learning & Instruction.

Based on an ethnographic study involving three families who live on a Midlands council housing estate, this book presents portraits of everyday lives - and the literacy practices that are part of them - as a way to explore the complex relationship between literacy and social justice. Each portrait f...