Literacy in English Gypsy communities: Cultural capital manifested as negative assets.

Autor/in	Levinson, Martin P.
Titel	Literacy in English Gypsy communities: Cultural capital manifested as negative assets.
Quelle	In: American educational research journal, 44 (2007) 1, S. 5-39Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312; 1935-1011
DOI	10.3102/0002831206298174
Schlagwörter	Gemeinschaft; Akkulturation; Einstellung (Psy); Akkulturation; Gemeinschaft; Großbritannien; Kind; Schüler; Ethnische Gruppe; Kind; Schüler; Lesefertigkeit; Soziokulturelle Bedingung; Ethnische Gruppe; Ethnische Minderheit; Sinti und Roma; Großbritannien
Abstract	The attribution of low literacy levels among Gypsy children to difficulties of access to schools neglects underlying sociocultural explanations. There has been little analysis in reports/studies of Gypsy attitudes toward literacy, nor of outcomes of acquisition. Informed by new literacy theory and by the discourse of previous ethnographic studies, and by acculturation theories, this article draws on findings from an ethnographic study of English Gypsies (1996-2000), and data from a follow-up study, involving original and additional participants (2005-2006). The article explores attitudes across age groups, highlighting social reasons for resistance to literacy, and argues that policy makers should consider effects on group membership and ways in which formal literacy can constitute a mechanism for disempowerment. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2008/2