Research Views: Apologia for Ethnography of Literacy in the Community.

Guthrie, John T.

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Publication Date: 1980-Oct

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Research Views: Apologia for Ethnography of Literacy in the Community.

Guthrie, John T.

Reading Teacher, v34 n1 p118-21 Oct 1980

Presents a fictitious dialogue in which a teacher of a college methods course in reading points out to her students that (1) people read for different purposes, (2) reading needs vary from community to community, and (3) teachers should investigate the reading needs of people in their communities. (GT)

Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Literacy, Functional Reading, Higher Education, Reading Habits, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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