: Language, Education and Society Series

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-24494-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 1132 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 2291 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals: Language, Education and Society Series

First published between 1985 and 1987, this set of books attempts to tackle some of the complex issues implied by the title Language, Education and Society. For example how is language related to learning? Or to intelligence? Do regional and social accents and dialects matter? What is meant by standard English? Do immigrant children require special language provision? Why are there so many adult illiterates in Britain and the USA? Although the importance of language to education is agreed there is still a lot to learn about how language is related to either to educational success or to intelligence and thinking — both fields to which this collection contributes valuable research.

Some of the specific topics the covered by the wide-ranging and insightful research contained in this series include: an analysis of the school teaching of mathematics from the perspective of mathematics as a language — principally how the processes of communication in a maths classroom are shaped by school conventions and the fact that it is mathematics under discussion; an examination of the changing patterns in English usage and style, especially written usage — focusing on questions of syntax and punctuation — and how this relates to speech and the value of usage as a social act; an exploration of the history and impact of mass literacy on industrialised societies, how this differs from traditional oral culture, and the effect of a culture where most people rely on complex combinations of oral and literate communication on a sizable sub-literate minority; an investigation into which languages are in widespread use among children and adults in England, the patterns of language use in different social contexts, the teaching of community languages inside and outside of mainstream schools, and the educational implications of this linguistic diversity for all children. This set will be of interest to educational researchers, sociologists and students of sociolinguistics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Various

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Erwachsenenbildung, lebenslanges Lernen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Weiterführende Schulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Speaking Mathematically: Communication in Mathematics Classrooms by David Pimm

English Usage: A Guide to First Principles by Walter Nash

The Social Context of Literacy by Kenneth Levine

The Other Languages of England by the Linguistic Minorities Project (Xavier Couillaud, Marilyn Martin-Jones, Anna Morawaska, Euan Reid, Verity Saifullah Khan and Greg Smith)

Über Autor(innen)

Multivolume collection by leading authors in the field.