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A history of learning and literacy in nineteenth-century England, based on documentary and qualitative evidence, this book explores people's desire to learn, their ways of learning and practising writing and what meaning writing had for them at a time when there was little or state education available. Those who learned and used writing skills before state education had practices, purposes and beliefs in common, including a consciousness of the social nature and purposes of learning, and the sense that writing skill is a powerful asset in enabling the development and exercise of human agency. Howard therefore addresses questions which lie at the heart of much literacy scholarship: are people who cant write less able to organise and change their lives? Is writing fundamental to empowerment and self-realisation, for individuals and for communities? If so, when and in which circumstances did this become the case?

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PublisherNational Institute of Adult Continuing Education

ISBN-101862015643

ISBN-139781862015647

eBay Product ID (ePID)113800805

Product Key Features

Number of Pages360 Pages

Publication NameLiteracy and the Practice of Writing in the 19th Century : a Strange Blossoming of Spirit

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2012

SubjectEducation & Teaching

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaEducation, Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, History

AuthorUrsula Howard

FormatPaperback

Dimensions

Item Weight23.1 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Height234mm

Width156mm

Weight652g

Additional Product Features

Date of Publication30/08/2012

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Place of PublicationLeicester

Spine21mm

GenreEducation & Teaching

Country of PublicationUnited Kingdom

Author BiographyUrsula Howard OBE is a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Education, University of London. With more than 30 years' experience in teaching, organising and researching adult literacy, she is a former Director of Research at the Learning and Skills Development Agency and a former Director of the National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy (NRDC).

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