OP 8. Writing and Reading in the Community, by Robert
Gundlach, Marcia Farr, and Jenny Cook-Gumperz (from a
joint project with the Center for the Study of Reading).
This paper reviews recent scholarship on writing and
reading outside of school--that is, in the community, both
at home and in the workplace. Gundlach, Farr, and Cook-
Gumperz explore writing and reading as social practices
and consider the implications of this social view of
literacy outside of school for writing and reading
instruction in school. March, 1989; 41 pages; $4.00.
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OP 34. Community Literacy, by Wayne Campbell Peck, Linda
Flower, and Lorraine Higgins. This paper articulates a
vision of community literacy that can serve as a source of
renewal for urban communities. Based on the experiences of
the Community Literacy Center on Pittsburgh's North Side,
the authors examine the social and historical context of
urban settlement houses, discuss how the concept of
community literacy is positioned within other established
theories of literacy as they relate to community building,
and examine a set of guiding principles that have emerged
after five years of reflecting on community literacy in
practice. January, 1994; 40 pages; $4.00.
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