Literacy Theories and Models
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Literacy Theories and Models Purposes for practitioners and/versus researchers “Without theory, facts remain a clutter of disorganized specks on the canvas, unconnected spots that form no picture of how and why children grow up as they do” (T&M, p. 3) “the important question is not whether a teacher has a theory of learning, but, rather, how tenable it is” (T&M, p. 5) Conflicting theories problematic (obstacle) Theory”clear basis for making… decisions”/”investigatio ns” Fishin g exampl e on p. 10 Theories about what is literacy VALUE/CONTEXT-Related/ Specific/Social Gee: Sociolinguistic connection—”different is not deficit” (Week 1 book chapter) Scribner: Question is not so much what is literacy, but “what is ideal literacy in our society” “Maximal obj…; minimal standard as indicators… taking-off point” So in Scribner and Gee, what role would EOG tests play, e.g., maximal vs minimal and if minimal, what can we do to maximize and EOG’s role in gatekeeping? Prior to this week’s readings, I hadn’t fully grasped the political/social nature of how we define literacy, e.g., only saw its simplistic functional nature “Wider and more humane concepts of mastery and its connections to gatekeeping” “Empowering …” “Literacy is simultaneously:” “functional”/ individual/”adaptive” “self- enhancing” ? April Scott
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Literacy Theories and Models
Purposes for practitioners and/versus researchers
“Without theory, facts remain a clutter of disorganized specks on the canvas, unconnected spots that form no picture of how and why children grow up as they do” (T&M, p. 3)
“the important question is not whether a teacher has a theory of learning, but, rather, how tenable it is” (T&M, p. 5)
Conflicting theories problematic (obstacle)
Theory”clear basis for making…decisions”/”investigations”
Fishing example on p. 10
Theories about what is literacy
VALUE/CONTEXT-Related/Specific/Social
Gee: Sociolinguistic connection—”different is not deficit” (Week 1 book chapter)
Scribner: Question is not so much what is literacy, but “what is ideal literacy in our society”
“Maximal obj…; minimal standard as indicators…taking-off point”
So in Scribner and Gee, what role would EOG tests play, e.g., maximal vs minimal and if minimal, what can we do to maximize and EOG’s role in gatekeeping?
Prior to this week’s readings, I hadn’t fully grasped the political/social nature of how we define literacy, e.g., only saw its simplistic functional nature
“Wider and more humane concepts of mastery and its connections to gatekeeping”
“Empowering…”“Literacy is simultaneously:”
“functional”/individual/”adaptive”
“self-enhancing”
?
April Scott
