Nancy Nelson Spivey

The Constructivist Metaphor

Reading, Writing and the Making of Meaning

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a major reconsideration of constructivist theory through an applied examination of the ways in which people create meaning for texts. The work illustrates an integrative conception of discourse, placing cognitive activity in relation to the text while assuming a social orientation encompassing both composition and comprehension.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 685g
• ISBN-13: 9780126579857
• ISBN-10: 0126579857
• Artikelnr.: 22348685

Autorenporträt

Nancy Nelson Spivey of Louisiana State University has focused her attention for the past decade on theoretical issues indiscourse, comprehension, and composition, and has conducted research in processes of discourse synthesis--acts of literacy that involve reading multiple texts to write ones own. Her work in discourse synthesis was recognized with awards from the International Reading Association and Phi Delta Kappa. For several years before going to LSU, she directed a project examining the nature of students academic writing for the National Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy at the University of California at Berkeley and at Carnegie Mellon University, while she was on the faculty of the English Department at Carnegie Mellon. At LSU she teaches graduate courses in discourse processes and literacy education in the College of Education and is affiliated with the Project in Curriculum Theory.