Local Knowledge and Digital Movie Composing in an After-School Literacy Program

Autor/in	Brass, Jory J.
Titel	Local Knowledge and Digital Movie Composing in an After-School Literacy Program
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 51 (2008) 6, S.464-473 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1081-3004
DOI	10.1598/JAAL.51.6.3
Schlagwörter	Literacy; After School Programs; Secondary Schools; Federal Legislation; Hispanic American Students; Intervention; Popular Culture; High School Students; Accountability; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Sekundarschule; Bundesrecht; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Popkultur; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Verantwortung
Abstract	A Latino teenager participated in an after school digital movie composing program called the Technology and Literacy Project. As a student of color previously identified as at risk for school failure, Horatio's case speaks to a common discrepancy highlighted in sociocultural literacy scholarship. He was competent and engaged with numerous literacies outside of school; however, he was not nearly as successful with school-based measures of literacy achievement. This study examines critical incidents in Horatio's composing process to understand how he appropriated symbolic materials and cultural practices from his out-of-school worlds for use in a complex digital movie text. In doing so, the study demonstrates how increasing students' opportunities to draw upon their local knowledge can facilitate sophisticated textual work, as well as problematize what counts as literacy achievement in secondary schools. (Contains 1 table.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10