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Now We Read, We See, We Speak

Portrait of Literacy Development in an Adult Freirean-Based Class

By: Victoria Purcell-Gates,Robin A. Waterman

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Now We Read, We See, We Speak

Portrait of Literacy Development in an Adult Freirean-Based Class

By: Victoria Purcell-Gates,Robin A. Waterman

Now We Read, We See, We Speak compellingly captures eight women's progress toward empowerment through a Freirean-based literacy class in rural El Salvador and, in the process, provides telling lessons for literacy and adult educators around the world. This book fills a real gap in the educational literature on critical theory and literacy teaching and learning. For the first time, we have a multi-layered description and analysis of a literacy class based on Freirean precepts and principles, through the perspective of "traditional" literacy theory and as interpreted through a literacy development lens. This allows us to consider how the adult students learned to read and write within a classroom context that embodies such Freirean precepts as dialogic teacher/student relations; respect for and knowledge of the learners' lives, language and culture; and intentionality about social-political change. Thus, this book is directed toward literacy practitioners, teachers, and researchers who may have heard or read about critical theory but have a need for concrete examples of the methodological implications of such theory. Enlivening this account is the compelling description of the histories and lives of the students in the literacy class campesinos women who have survived a brutal and devastating civil war in El Salvador and who, nevertheless, stepped forward to work with a U.S.-trained literacy teacher, Robin Waterman, to learn to read and write for purposes of personal and sociocultural empowerment. The authors provide a highly readable presentation of the historical and cultural contexts for the women and the literacy class. They also raise issues of socioeconomic marginalization, unequal power relationships, and gender as they relate to literacy development. Basing their account on meticulously gathered and analyzed ethnographic data, Purcell-Gates and Waterman go beyond the presentation of the study to suggest implications and issues for adult literacy education in the United States, linking their findings to current topics in adult education, as well as literacy development in general.

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455

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Routledge

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1135662282

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9781135662288

Primate Conservation Biology

By: Guy Cowlishaw,Robin Dunbar

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Primate Conservation Biology

By: Guy Cowlishaw,Robin Dunbar

From the snub-nosed monkeys of China to the mountain gorillas of central Africa, our closest nonhuman relatives are in critical danger worldwide. A recent report, for example, warns that nearly 20 percent of the world's primates may go extinct within the next ten or twenty years. In this book Guy Cowlishaw and Robin Dunbar integrate cutting-edge theoretical advances with practical management priorities to give scientists and policymakers the tools they need to help keep these species from disappearing forever. Primate Conservation Biology begins with detailed overviews of the diversity, life history, ecology, and behavior of primates and the ways these factors influence primate abundance and distribution. Cowlishaw and Dunbar then discuss the factors that put primates at the greatest risk of extinction, especially habitat disturbance and hunting. The remaining chapters present a comprehensive review of conservation strategies and management practices, highlighting the key issues that must be addressed to protect primates for the future.

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511

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University of Chicago Press

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022682117X

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9780226821177

Deathscent: Intrigues of the Reflected Realm

By: Robin Jarvis

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Deathscent: Intrigues of the Reflected Realm

By: Robin Jarvis

The first enstalment of an exciting NEW series from the author of The Wyrd Museum Trilogy and The Deptford Mice.

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334

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HarperCollins UK

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0007450478

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9780007450473

Death and the Running Patterer

A Curious Murder Mystery

By: Robin Adair

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Death and the Running Patterer

A Curious Murder Mystery

By: Robin Adair

1828: Sydney is a city built on the backs of exiled convicts. But in a colony of criminals, how do you narrow down the list of suspects when a murderer is on the rampage? Nicodemus Dunne was a London policeman. After being deported on trumped up charges of assault, he now makes his living in New South Wales as a running patterer, spreading the news of the day by word of mouth. Confronted with a series of gruesome and horribly inventive murders, the governor seeks out Dunne for his investigative skills and his ability to infiltrate all levels of society. With each mutilated body, the murderer has left clues for Dunne to decipher. Can he put the pieces of the puzzle together and catch his elusive quarry without becoming prey himself?

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266

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Penguin

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1101445610

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9781101445617

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Now We Read, We See, We Speak

Now We Read, We See, We Speak

Primate Conservation Biology

Primate Conservation Biology

Deathscent: Intrigues of the Reflected Realm

Deathscent: Intrigues of the Reflected Realm

Death and the Running Patterer

Death and the Running Patterer

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