Reflects on how the social practice model of literacy, which defines reading and writing as situated, social practices, under-theorizes certain aspects of literacy. Proposes a set of analytical constructs that treat literacy not solely as an outcome or accomplishment of local practices, but also as a participant in them. (PM)

Outlines how nine content-area textbooks dealt with reading and writing instruction. Explains that the texts were read to be coded and to identify categories of literacy messages. Notes that content-area textbooks contain negative discussions about traditional teaching methods, and that the authors seem to care about content-area literacy but do…

Presents a new approach to examining second language writing among young learners, which the author defines as "Language mosaic." Offers a new perspective on the process of writing development and examines how and what children do in the writing process while developing an additional language. Suggests that educators should view the process of new…

Explores children's views and perspectives on their use of first and second languages at home and at school. Suggests that language use is dependent on purpose. Notes that bilingual children's use of their first and second language depends on which language best serves a particular function. (SG)

Presents findings from a 9-month ethnographic study of cross-cultural learning for the purpose of helping teachers better understand classroom conditions and behaviors that support and hinder students' comprehension of teachers' spoken language. Follows an 8-year-old native English speaker in an Icelandic classroom. Suggests that…

Presents an ethnographic study that explores young bilingual children's early literacy experiences in three different languages (English, Urdu and classical Arabic) and in three strikingly different types of classes in England. Focuses on one bilingual boy of a Pakistani background. Aims to integrate non-dominating language and literacy practices…

Presents an analysis of collaboration in a community center's summer literacy tutoring program for 6-8-year-old children, the majority of whom were Puerto Rican, Spanish-English bilinguals. Notes that the goal of the program was to increase the children's motivation to read through engaging literacy activities with high quality, culturally…

Explores the participants' perceptions and practices about writing, and ascertains some of the critical influences upon the development of teachers' and children's creative competence in the writing classroom. Seeks to empower teachers to develop their own creative potential in order to enrich children's written voices. (SG)

Discusses the use of some approaches from literacy in adult numeracy classrooms. Describes and advocates the use of students' texts, as group reading material, as a way of unsettling tutor-centered classroom discourses and outlines approaches to generating student-written texts. (Author/VWL)

Argues that a similar duality of discourse domains exists with respect to adult numeracy. Discusses what is meant by numeracy in this context and outlines each discursive domain. Considers the implications of the proposed formulation for theorizing adults' numeracy practices for adult numeracy education. (Author/VWL)

Addresses the question of how the concept of "bildung"--which encompasses the process of personal development and change throughout life as well as the goal of the formation of shaping or forming--can be used as a tool for exploring goals of teaching numeracy to adults who lack basic mathematical skills. (Author/VWL)

Offers new insights into learning and teaching critical numeracy. Makes distinctions between generative or computational numeracy tasks and interpretive numeracy tasks, and between mathematically confined interpretation and critical evaluation that leads to action. (Author/VWL)

Argues that adults' relationship with mathematics has three components: cognitive, affective, and social. Focuses on the affective and social components and suggests that the differences between informal mathematics and formal school mathematics lead to the former not being recognized as mathematics. Believes this situation should be analyzed from…

Uses a discursive perspective to study the role of emotion in adults' mathematical thinking. Considers emotion to be distinct from thinking, but not separate from it. Adopts a provisional characterization of affect and emotion as "charges" on ideas. Uses the idea of positioning in social practices to analyze the context of a person's thinking and…

Discusses how emotions interact with the learning of mathematics. Focuses on the emotions associated with remembered events associated with the learning of mathematics. Three groups participated in the study: a group of prospective primary teachers (undergraduates); a group of prospective secondary teachers (postgraduates); and a group of tertiary…