Reading beyond school: Literacies in a neighbourhood library

Canadian Journal of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 92-108

  Ward, Angela ^a   Wason Ellam, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community literacy; Multimodal literacies; Neighbourhood libraries

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844472260     PISSN: 03802361     EISSN: 03802361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1602155     Document Type: Article

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