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ERIC Number: EJ982920
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Oct
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
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Literacy Learning within Community Action Projects for Social Change
Wright, Dana E.; Mahiri, Jabari
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v56 n2 p123-131 Oct 2012
This case study describes the literacy development of a struggling reader over a seven-month period as he engaged in a youth-led participatory action research (PAR) project. The project's goal was for youth participants to develop a proposal for productive change in their local community and present it to community stakeholders. The study focused on ways the participants were supported in gaining skills in research, writing and oral communications. The study examines the process through which literacy skills improved for the youngest participant for whom the academic aspects of this project were extremely challenging. It describes curricular and pedagogical approaches during the process that led to his academic literacy improvements. Findings indicate the key components that increased this participant's literacy development were the caring, supportive environment that was established, an assets-based approach and apprenticeship model as well as connections of the research project to real world purposes. (Contains 2 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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