Histories of Success and Failure: Working Class Students' Literacy Experiences.

Nagle, Jane P.

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ERIC Number: EJ594734

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Histories of Success and Failure: Working Class Students' Literacy Experiences.

Nagle, Jane P.

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v43 n2 p172-85 Oct 1999

Interviews 20 vocational high school students about school and family histories, present school experiences, and reflections about their literacy histories. Discusses three themes that emerged: connections and disconnections between home and school literacy practices (and resulting frustrations and failures); difficulties meeting standards set by school literacy practices; and how school literacy (or lack thereof) often defined students' social identity. (SR)

Descriptors: Family Characteristics, High School Students, Interviews, Literacy, Reading Difficulties, Reading Failure, Reading Research, Secondary Education, Social Class, Social Differences, Social Influences, Student Attitudes, Student School Relationship, Vocational High Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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