Title:
The Powers of literacy : a genre approach to teaching writing
Author:
Cope, Bill, 1957-
ISBN:
9780822911791
9780822961048
Publication Information:
Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1993.
Physical Description:
x, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series:
Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
Series Title:
Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
General Note:
"First published in 1993 by The Falmer Press in the Critical Perspectives on Literacy series, edited by Allan Luke"--T.p. verso.
Contents:
Introduction: How a Genre Approach to Literacy Can Transform the Way Writing Is Taught / Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis -- Ch. 1. Genre as Social Process / Gunther Kress -- Ch. 2. Histories of Pedagogy, Cultures of Schooling / Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope -- Ch. 3. The Power of Literacy and the Literacy of Power / Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis -- Ch. 4. Gender and Genre: Feminist Subversion of Genre Fiction and Its Implications for Critical Literacy / Anne Cranny-Francis -- Ch. 5. A Contextual Theory of Language / J.R. Martin -- Ch. 6. Grammar: Making Meaning in Writing / J.R. Martin and Joan Rothery -- Ch. 7. Curriculum Genres: Planning for Effective Teaching / Frances Christie -- Ch. 8. Genre in Practice / Mike Callaghan, Peter Knapp and Greg Noble -- Ch. 9. Assessment: A Foundation for Effective Learning in the School Context / Mary Macken and Diana Slade.
Bibliographical Essay: Developing the Theory and Practice of Genre-based Literacy / Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis, Gunther Kress and Jim Martin -- A Glossary of Terms / Gunther Kress.