• Literacy & Education

Literacy & Education Ryker Kirk

  • ISBN: 9781788823685
  • Edition: 1st
  • ©Year: 2020

  • List Price : 140

About the Book

Today, as globalisation becomes the norm and the need for development and progress ever more pressing, education and literacy have become crucial, more than ever before. However, even as developed nations continue to seek new alternatives to constantly improve their educational processes and objectives, developing nations have yet to tackle the problem of illiteracy. This book in the literacy and education provide a discourse on the need for literacy for every human being, with particular reference to developing nations. The emphasis is on delineating the interdependent relationship between literacy and education, stress also being laid on the need for literacy to settle in as the base for education. It also makes an effort to delvelop deep into globally changing socio-economic-political changes and ambitions, and the changing perspectives a literacy which has emerged as a result of these changes. The bookdeals in details about various developments that have taken place and also highlights future plans. The author hope students of social sciences and general studies would find the book of great value to them.

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Contents: 1. Literacy: An introduction, 2. Concept of Education, 3. Research Framework and Theoretical Model in Literacy and Education, 4. School Education and online Safety in Europe, 5. ICT in School Education, 6. Web-Based Literacy and Education, 7. The Failure of Progressive Education, 8. Population, Education and Development, 9. Life Skill Education, 10. Towards An Understanding of Gender Differences in Literacy and Education, 11. Multimedia as an Modern Educational Tool, 12. Teaching Literacy, 13. The Impacts of Privatisation, 14. Expanding Role of Privatisation in Education.
Ryker Kirk is Director and Associate Professor of the Language Program. He has published Literacy and Language Teaching. He teaches undergraduate courses on language and literacy development in kindergarten and first grade, master's courses on content-area reading instruction and on organization and supervision of the reading program, and doctoral seminars on literacy and educational policy. Ryker Kirk has extensive school-based experience, including both high school teaching and elementary school administration. He is Professor of Education, and directed research projects in parental involvement, family literacy and pre-school intervention. He teaches several Master' courses. Ryker Kirk is the author, coauthor or editor of 15 books and more than 100 articles, chapters, and technical reports on a range of literacy topics.

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