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Showing 1 to 20 of 210 for “"Literacy practices"”.
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Posthuman Literacy Practices in a Reggio-inspired South African school
Through a posthuman approach to literacy education, I explore the Reggio Emilia pedagogy adopted by an independent South African primary school. Unlike the current emphasis in literacy pedagogy on language, standardised and individualised testing and universal curriculum approaches, Reggio Emilia …
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STORYBOOK TO ENGAGE IN LITERACY PRACTICES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN KOREA
This study investigates ways to promote English literacy through storytelling methods based on sociocultural perspectives of literacy in Korean public elementary school settings. As a teacher researcher, I ran a storytelling afterschool program to develop English literacy using English storybooks. …
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Sociocultural Literacy Practices of a Sudanese Mother and Son in Canada
… needs of students who lack first language print literacy skills are, more often than not, neglected. The purpose of this thesis is to look at the social and cultural practices of literacy of EAL learners who are illiterate or have a low level of literacy in their first language (L1), since it …
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Culturally relevant literacy practices: a case of a Brazilian emergent bilingual
… the critical issue of culturally relevant literacy learning in and out-of-school, focusing in Anita’s, her parent’s and teachers’ perspectives on literacy and culturally relevant literacy practices, asking: What are the practices and resources considered culturally relevant for supporting …
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"Enacting and interrogating the ""academic"" in undergraduate language and literacy practices"
… writers receive about what writing and language practices qualify as “academic.” I consider several aspects of these messages: their broad circulation, as evidenced through discourse analysis of the “rules” presented in first year writing textbooks; their contradictions, as shown through …
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Korean American Students' Language and Literacy Practices at a Korean Language School
… meaning in Korean and English language and literacy practices at a Korean Language School (KLS) in the United States. From a sociocultural perspective, it focuses on the KLS, a social context where the students are exposed to and engage in Korean language and literacy practices. This study …
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Digital Rhetoric of the Invisible: Bisexual Literacy Practices on TikTok, 2020–2021
… and digital-ethnographic methods to analyze the literacy practices of bisexual TikTok users primarily during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States, during which time TikTok exploded in popularity among U.S. social media users, especially among young adults. It is also an …
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Literacy practices of Mexican and Ghanaian immigrant women with limited ESL literacy
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Workplace literacy practices of clerks in the South African Police Services (SAPS)
This thesis examines the patterning of literacy practices of clerks in the South African Police Services (SAPS) and how power relations are perpetuated through institutional structures and associated divisions of workplace tasks, within a workplace like SAPS. An ethnographic-style case study …
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Pop Up Pedagogy: Exploring Connections between Street Art, Feminist Literacy Practices and Communities
… street artists, be considered a feminist literacy practice that provides a point of entry for women, and those who identify as women, to participate in the shaping of community and global conversations? Data from various sources and media were analyzed: interviews with feminist street …
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The Development of Culturally Responsive Literacy Practices in the Classrooms of Three Teachers
… participants and their ideas and instructional practices were critically examined throughout the semester. Several data sources were collected and evaluated, including surveys, pre/post interviews, classroom observations, and journal entries.</p> <p>Analysis of data alluded to the fact that an …
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Family-teacher communication and literacy practices in a culturally and linguistically diverse family
… and how this influences family and school literacy practices. Using a qualitative design, this case study focused on the communication of a family from a culturally and linguistically diverse background and the children's teachers. The study examined the conceptions of communication and …
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Learning systems: An ecological perspective on advanced academic literacy practices of multilingual writers
… a more holistic perspective on advanced academic literacy learning and suggest ways of making more efficient use of departmental and university resources to meet these students' needs.</p>
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A Profile Of The Literacy Practices Of K-5 Central Florida Teachers Of
The problem of this study was to develop a literacy teaching profile of the 2004-2005 Teachers of the Year in Kindergarten through grade 5 in four central Florida school districts. Of primary interest was the extent to which these teachers indicated their use of exemplary literacy practices as …
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The Writing on the Wall: Examining the Literacy Practices of Home Renovation Work
… is still a gap in research investigating the literacy practices of “blue-collar” workplaces. Through the lenses of New Literacy Studies and activity theory, this case study examines the texts used in a room remodel, the literacy practices surrounding the texts, and the sociocultural …
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The appropriation and mastery of cultural tools in computer supported collaborative literacy practices
… a literature review of sociocultural theory, literacy, and lCT, and through two pilot studies. In the first study, I investigate how language use varies according to the difficulty of tasks. In the second study, I investigate how language use in situated literacy events relates to wider …
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English-mediated oral presentations in pharmacy : exploring literacy practices among Saudi female undergraduates
… that give greater attention to the social practices surrounding learners’ language use. Focusing on oral presentations as a common academic genre for knowledge dissemination, this study employs an ethnographically-oriented case study to examine how eight year-five undergraduates in a …
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The Home Literacy Practices of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families of Kindergarten Students
… study was initiated in order to examine the home literacy practices of culturally and linguistically diverse families of kindergarten students. In particular, the literacy practices of mothers were surveyed, as previous research has supported the assertion that mothers play a significant role in …
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Culture, Cognition, and Context: Situated Literacy Practices of L1 and L2 Writing Programs
… to situated sociocultural contexts in which literacy events occur, my dissertation investigates how situated disciplinary perspectives shape the literacy practices of an L1 and an L2 writing program at one university. The dissertation reports a longitudinal ethnographic study drawing on my …
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Exploring teacher feedback literacy: practices, challenges, and cultural responsiveness in a consolidated district
… dimensions—to investigate K-12 teacher feedback literacy. Using this lens, a survey (N=105) and interviews (N=8) revealed teachers strongly prioritize the relational dimension of feedback but are critically constrained by the pragmatic dimension (time, workload, class size). Institutional …
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