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"Literacy Practices" by David Barton & Mary Hamilton" EIIW CHP 2

Figure 1.1 Literacy as Social Practice PG 22-23 EIIW

  • Literacy is best understood as a set of social practices: these can be inferred from events which are mediated by written texts.
  • "...literacy is a social practice..." (21)
  • "...literacy practices are what people do with literacy" (22).
  • "...literacy events are activities where literacy has a role" (23).
  • **See Figure1.1 Literacy as social practice on pages 22-23***

Literacy practice: What is the context and motivation?

Figure 1.1 Literacy as Social Practice PG 22-23 EIIW

"There are different literacies associated with different domains of life."

Figure 1.1 Literacy as Social Practice PG 22-23 EIIW

"Literacy practices are patterned by social institutions and power relationships, and some literacies are more dominant, visible and influential than others."

Discussion Question from page 33:

Figure 1.1 Literacy as Social Practice PG 22-23 EIIW

"Literacy practices are purposeful and embedded in broader social goals and a cultural practices."

5. Barton and Hamilton provide six propositions of the social theory of literacy. How might you use these six propositions as a framework for your own study? In other words, what do you learn from these propositions that affects what, who, and where you will complete your research.

Figure 1.1 Literacy as Social Practice PG 22-23 EIIW

"Literacy is historically situated."

Figure 1.1 Literacy as Social Practice PG 22-23 EIIW

"Literacy practices change and new ones are frequently acquired through processes of informal learning and sense making."

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