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Gee what is Literacy?
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Gee what is Literacy?
Non-mainstream Kids?
What is Literacy?
An Analysis of the "What is Literacy" Article by James Paul Gee
Non-mainstream kids do not have the same opportunities to attain knowledge as some other kids.
- Literacy is the control of secondary uses of languages which is for the most part mastered through acquisition.
Primary Discourse
Something you can do naturally or do not have much formal training in. Mainly the act of speaking or "oral mode" that we attain though enculturation.
Secondary Discourse
Acquiring more meta-level knowledge of something you can do naturally. This is generally done in places where you interact with non-intimates.
Define Acquisition and Learning
Acquisition is the gaining of knowledge naturally and using it everyday life to "perform". Learning is done by having an action or process explained to you in a more broken down and analytical sense.
"We are better at what we acquire, but we consciously know more about we have learned"
What are Dominant Discourses?
- These are ways of thinking that are most commonly associated with social betterment. For Example, teachers, nurses, and engineers all participate in actions that generally lead to bettering society as a whole.
Define Discourse
- The textbook meaning of discourse is "a socially accepted association among ways of using language, of thinking, and of acting that can be used to identify oneself as a member of a socially meaningful group or social network." However Gee narrows it to the simple idea of groups of people that think alike or who have the same set of skills.(i.e. how we categorizing ourselves) Whether we think of ourselves as an poor or rich, as male or female for example.
James Paul Gee
- born in San Jose CA April 15, 1948 (66)
- graduated from University of California Santa Barbara with his BA in philosophy
- got his Masters and PhD in linguistics from Stanford University
- chair of the Department of Developmental Studies and Counseling at Boston University and later became the chair of the Linguistics Department at University of Southern California
- He has published widely in journals in linguistics, psychology, the social sciences, and education