Publications

Publication details [#46020]

Wright, Noeline. 2007. Building Literacy Communities of Practice Across Subject Disciplines in Secondary Schools. Language & Education 21 (5) : 420–433.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

community of practice | high school | language policy | literacy | pedagogy

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

Drawing on Corson's arguments regarding critical conditions for succesful school language policy development, this article explores the link between communities of practice and literacy as a pedagogical focus in New Zealand secondary schools.