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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Literacy Theory"”.
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Critical Pedagogy and literacy teaching in Grade 4 classrooms
… investigated the use of critical pedagogy in literacy teaching in the Grade 4 classrooms of two Quintile 1-4 schools on the Cape Flats, in the Western Cape. Its purpose was to provide Grade 4 teachers in disadvantaged schools on the Cape Flats with an opportunity to share their experiences of …
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Stories of an evolving understanding of literacy by a teacher, mother, and researcher
A teacher’s understandings of literacy have an impact on the pedagogical decisions that the teacher makes. Such understandings of literacy may evolve through professional learning, experiences, and reflective practice, but this evolution is seldom documented and therefore not often considered as a …
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THE CLASSROOM AS INQUIRY LEARNING COMMUNITY: A PRACTITIONER STUDY OF ADOLESCENTS’ DEVELOPING CRITICAL LITERACIES
… analysis. Informed by communities of practice theory (Lave & Wenger, 1991) and critical literacy theory (Luke, 2000; Janks, 2010; Comber, 2016), the study asked the following research questions: 1) What characterizes a classroom learning community designed to support adolescents' experiences …
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Literacy And Equity: Exploring Teachers’ Lived Experiences Of Georgia Black Boys’ Difficulties With Reading Comprehension And Word Recognition
… phenomenological study was based on the critical literacy theory proposed by Freire in 1970 (Bloomberg & Volpe, 2018; Crawford-Garrett et al., 2020; Creswell & Poth, 2018; Freire, 2017; Janks, 2013, 2014; Robinson, 2019; Wilson, 2014; Wood & Jocius, 2013). Fourteen open-ended interview questions …
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A critical exploration of a Professional Learning Community as a mechanism for developing whole-school approaches to literacy in Wales.
… to examine how a PLC could influence the work of literacy coordinators as they established whole-school literacy approaches in secondary schools in Wales. The area of focus came into view partly in response to a period of considerable and intense change in schools across Wales regarding the …
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The nature of parental involvement in literacy activities of low achieving learners in disadvantaged contexts at a selected primary school in the Western Cape
Literacy levels measured against national and international tests indicate that South African learners are performing poorly. Literacy skills are critical in the development of learners, and research suggests that parents play an important role in enhancing these skills. The study takes into …
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Voter turnout in Saskatchewan : how important are civic education and community participation?
… two forms. First, taking into account the civic literacy theory of Henry Milner, this thesis has examined Saskatchewan’s junior and senior high school curricula in an effort to find changes in the way civics has been taught. Marked changes have iv been found, and differences in the prescribed …
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Rethinking the dissertation : a case study on the state of acceptance of new media projects as Ed.D. capstone experiences.
… guided this dissertation were: (1) multimodal literacy theory, which argues that technological progress has affected the way people communicate and that addresses the multimodalities that are required to teach and learn in the 21st century; and (2) connected learning theory, which supports the …
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Reading In-Between the Lines: Exploring the Experience of Cultivating Cultural Awareness with White Teacher Candidates in a Liberal Arts University in Georgia
<p>This study was to explore the use of critical literacy (Freire, 1998) to assist predominately White teacher candidates in their preparation to teach diverse groups of students. Seven White females, who were born and reared in Georgia, participated in the study. These participants were encouraged …
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“IT’S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY”: EXPLORING THE IDENTITIES AND PEDAGOGY OF SECONDARY CRITICAL LITERACY EDUCATORS
Critical literacy—which I define briefly here as a lens that assumes no text is neutral and therefore an important goal of reading and writing is to evaluate and critique the power and perspectives that all texts contain—has been continuously well-theorized over the past half-century but is less …
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Orientations to text: how classroom discourse affords or denies the enactment of critical literacy and learner agency in an English First Additional Language classroom
… 2012), with a dearth of research into how school literacy practices in South Africa might contribute to this lack of access. This case study contributes towards the development of a detailed description of school literacy practices, with a focus on the orientations to text that are made available …
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Multimodality in the Art & Media Arts Classroom: A Qualitative Study of Multimodal Literacies as They Appear in Art & Media Educator Classroom Curriculum and Practice
… developing greater applications for multimodal literacy theory, defined by the National Council of the Teachers of English as “Integration of multiple modes of communication and expression that can enhance or transform the meaning of the work beyond illustration or decoration” (2005). The …
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Literacy Behaviours Which Pre-schoolers exhibit in selected households of Lusaka
This work sought to establish the literacy behaviours which pre-schoolers in selected households of Lusaka‘s Bauleni, Kalikiliki and Woodlands Extension exhibited.The study had a sample size of 21 pre-schoolers and 15 care-givers. The population from which this sample was drawn from was all the …
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Whole person hermeneutic media learning in the primary classroom: an intercultural grounded philosophy.
Media education and media literacy research and practice arguably incline towards reductionism by being focused on a single medium (e.g. film) or a group of media (e.g. digital) and by being predominantly preoccupied with learners’ reasoning and critical thinking. Moreover, whilst literacy theory …
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The readiness of public libraries in South Africa for information literacy education: the case of Mpumalanga Province
… educational role in developing the information literacy of school learners. The public libraries in Mpumalanga Province provide the case site for the study. Across the world, information literacy education has been identified as the raison d'etre of school libraries. There are two arguments for …
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The use of e-learning to increase adolescent health literacy
… they took the Nutritional Questionnaire, (3) 13 Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) questions, and (4) 18 nutrition knowledge questions. The Nutrition Questionnaire was designed to measure two things: the change in each student's knowledge and health literacy regarding nutrition and whether …