Literacy Practices and Perceptions of Agency: Composing Identities
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (576 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1138667110 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 218 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Bronwyn T. Williams is Professor of English and Director of the University Writing Center, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Williams explores how perceptions of agencywhether a person perceives and feels able to read and write successfully in a given contextare critical in terms of how people perform their literate identities. In this book, Bronwyn T. Drawing on interviews and observations with students in several countries, he examines the intersections of the social and the personal in relation to how and, crucially, why people engage successfully or struggle painfully in literacy practices and what factors and forces they regard as enabling or constraining their actions. Recognizing such moments and patterns can help teachers and researchers rethink their approaches to teaching to facilitate students’ sense of agency as writers and readers.
Williams is Professor of English and Director of the University Writing Center, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA.. About the AuthorBronwyn T