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This text explores fundamental issues relating to student literacies and instructor roles and practices within academic contexts.

Table of Contents
1. Literacy and pedagogy: three views; 2. Genre knowledge and socioliteracies: what readers and writers may share; 3. Genres and social forces: homely and academic texts; 4. Discourse communities/communities of practice: membership, conflict and diversity; 5. Our special roles: literacy practitioners as campus mediators and researchers; 6. Students as researchers: investigating texts, processes and contexts; 7. The socioliterate classroom: basic tenets and goals; 8. Putting tenets and goals into practice: using portfolios in literacy classrooms; 9. Conclusion.

Text Role and Context

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    Publisher: Cambridge University Press
    Publication Date: 6/13/1997 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780521567619, 978-0521567619
    ISBN10: 0521567610
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    This text explores fundamental issues relating to student literacies and instructor roles and practices within academic contexts.

    Table of Contents
    1. Literacy and pedagogy: three views; 2. Genre knowledge and socioliteracies: what readers and writers may share; 3. Genres and social forces: homely and academic texts; 4. Discourse communities/communities of practice: membership, conflict and diversity; 5. Our special roles: literacy practitioners as campus mediators and researchers; 6. Students as researchers: investigating texts, processes and contexts; 7. The socioliterate classroom: basic tenets and goals; 8. Putting tenets and goals into practice: using portfolios in literacy classrooms; 9. Conclusion.

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