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Teenagers, Literacy and School: Researching in Multilingual Contexts book cover

1st Edition

Teenagers, Literacy and School Researching in Multilingual Contexts

By Ken Cruickshank Copyright 2006
272 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

This unique and timely book follows the experiences of four Arabic teenagers, their families and their community, focusing on the role of literacy in their daily lives and the differences between home and school. The author looks at the conflict between expectations and practices at school and in the home, arguing that problems are inevitable where class and cultural differences exist.... Read more

Part 1.  1. Patterns of Community Literacy  2. Pathway(s) to Literacy  3. Change and Literacy Practices: Teenagers and Technology  4. Mediation in Community and School Literacy  5. Conflict and Control: Literacy as Management  6. Identity, Place and Identity  Part 2: A Harbourful of Yachts: Making Sense of Literacy Research  8. No Single Answer: What Schools Can and Can’t do  9. Researching in Multilingual/Multicultural Contexts  10. A Harbourful of Yachts: Making Sense of Literacy Research  11. Researching Reading and Writing in Homes and Schools 

Biography

Ken Cruickshank is a Lecturer in TESOL and Languages in the Faculty of Education, University of Sydney. He has previously worked in primary and secondary schools and with the department of education in Australia.

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