ISBN:
9780674072145
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0674072146
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 242 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Purcell-Gates, Victoria Other people's words
DDC:
302.22440974
Keywords:
Literacy Case studies
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Social aspects
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Appalachian Region, Southern
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People with social disabilities Case studies
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Education
;
Appalachian Region, Southern
;
Educational anthropology Case studies
;
Appalachian Region, Southern
;
Alphabétisation Cas, Études de
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Aspect social
;
Appalaches (Sud)
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Handicapés sociaux Éducation
;
Cas, Études de
;
Appalaches (Sud)
;
Anthropologie et éducation Appalaches (Sud)
;
Cas, Études de
;
Appalachen (Süd)
;
Appalachian Region, Southern
;
Literacy Case studies Social aspects
;
People with social disabilities Case studies Education
;
Educational anthropology Case studies
;
Literacy ethnology
;
Socioeconomic Factors
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Cultural Characteristics
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Alphabétisation Cas, Études de
;
Aspect social
;
Appalaches (Sud)
;
Anthropologie et éducation Appalaches (Sud)
;
Cas, Études de
;
Appalachen (Süd)
;
Appalachian Region, Southern
;
Educational anthropology Case studies
;
Appalachian Region, Southern
;
Handicapés sociaux Éducation
;
Cas, Études de
;
Appalaches (Sud)
;
Literacy Case studies
;
Social aspects
;
Appalachian Region, Southern
;
People with social disabilities Case studies
;
Education
;
Appalachian Region, Southern
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Literacy
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Educational anthropology
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Literacy ; Social aspects
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People with social disabilities ; Education
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Erlebnisbericht
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Kind
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Leseunterricht
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Unterprivilegierung
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Kansarmen
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Achtergestelden
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Analfabetisme
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Alfabetisering
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Case studies
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Appalachian Region
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Southern Appalachian Region
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Appalachen ; Süd
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Case Reports
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Electronic books Case studies
Abstract:
A compelling case study details the author's work with one such family. The parents, who attended school off and on through the seventh grade, are unable to use public transportation, shop easily, or understand the homework their elementary-school-age son brings home because neither of them can read. But the family is not so much illiterate as low literate - the world they inhabit is an oral one, their heritage one where print had no inherent use and no inherent meaning. They have as much to learn about the culture of literacy as about written language itself. Purcell-Gates shows how access to literacy has been blocked by a confluence of factors: negative cultural stereotypes, cultural and linguistic elitism, and pedagogical obtuseness. She calls for the recruitment and training of "proactive" teachers who can assess and encourage children's progress and outlines specific intervention strategies
Abstract:
If asked to identify which children rank lowest in relation to national educational norms, have higher school dropout and absence rates, and more commonly experience learning problems, few of us would know the answer: white, urban Appalachian children. These are the children and grandchildren of Appalachian families who migrated to northern cities in the 1950s to look for work. They make up this largely "invisible" urban group, a minority that represents a significant portion of the urban poor. Literacy researchers have rarely studied urban Appalachians, yet, as Victoria Purcell-Gates demonstrates in Other People's Words, their often severe literacy problems provide a unique perspective on literacy and the relationship between print and culture. - A compelling case study details the author's work with one such family. The parents, who attended school off and on through the seventh grade, are unable to use public transportation, shop easily, or understand the homework their elementary-school-age son brings home because neither of them can read. But the family is not so much illiterate as low literate - the world they inhabit is an oral one, their heritage one where print had no inherent use and no inherent meaning. They have as much to learn about the culture of literacy as about written language itself. Purcell-Gates shows how access to literacy has been blocked by a confluence of factors: negative cultural stereotypes, cultural and linguistic elitism, and pedagogical obtuseness. She calls for the recruitment and training of "proactive" teachers who can assess and encourage children's progress and outlines specific intervention strategies
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-237) and index. - Description based on print version record
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Description based on print version record
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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