'Watch mi eyes': the predicament of visual and scribal literacy choices, as explored with rural Jamaican adolescent boys
Titel:
'Watch mi eyes': the predicament of visual and scribal literacy choices, as explored with rural Jamaican adolescent boys
Auteur:
Cross, Beth
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Paginering:
Jaargang 33 (2003) nr. 1 pagina's 65-83
Jaar:
2003-03
Inhoud:
This paper examines the theme of oral cultures in a world of literacy, assessment and certification. In particular, the paper explores the oral youth culture of adolescent males in rural Jamaica at the pivotal point of their educational careers in the school term preceding their Grade Six Achievement Tests, which will determine their placement, if any, in secondary education. Using an Interactional Sociolinguistical approach (Rampton, 2001), including participant observation, close transcript analysis and a cyclical analysis dialogue with teachers and students, the paper documents boys' sense-making strategies , which in important ways by-pass scripted literacy as an effective means of learning, and, instead, concentrate on oral and visual media literacy (Cooper, 1993; Stolzhoff, 2000). The paper draws on theoretical constructs of Bakhtin (1981) to explore the consequences of discourse differences for the educational under-participation or underachievement of the youths who contributed to this study.
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