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The genre approach to literacy teaching represents a fundamentally new educational paradigm. It emphasizes content, structure and sequence in learning literacy. However, it moves beyond traditional literacy pedagogies which stress formal correctness; it also goes beyond the process pedagogies which stress 'natural' learning through 'doing' writing. The genre method of literacy teaching is not liberal progressivism, nor is it part of a movement 'back to basics'; it is attempting to create a new pedagogical space. The Powers of Literacy introduces this original theory and practice for the teaching of literacy, with contributions from key theorists and practitioners in the genre literacy movement. The essays present this innovative and exciting new approach to teaching literacy in a clear, practical and accessible way, incorporating historical explanations. The result is a vital contribution to the on-going educational debate on literacy

Author

Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Group

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780750702263

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Humanities