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Martin, Colwyn D.; Ebrahim, Hasina B. – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2016
This article examines two teachers' discourses of literacy as social practice in advantaged and disadvantaged early childhood centres for three- to four-year-olds. The intention is to make sense of the dominant discourse of literacy, its constitutive nature and its effects on children, teaching and learning. Foucault's theory of discourse is used…
Descriptors: Literacy, Disadvantaged Environment, Child Care Centers, Preschool Children