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Download full textOldfather, Penny; Dahl, Karin – 1995
This conceptual essay critiques current understandings of children's motivation for literacy learning, and argues for a reconceptualization of motivation that centers on the learner as agent in the social construction of meaning. The essay is illustrated with vignettes and examples drawn from two ethnographic studies conducted in whole-language…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Ethnography, Literacy
Peer reviewedOldfather, Penny; Dahl, Karin – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1994
Critiques current understandings of children's motivation for literacy learning, and argues for a reconceptualization of motivation that centers on the learner as agent in the social construction of meaning. Uses vignettes and examples from studies conducted in whole-language classrooms to investigate children's perspectives of their own literacy…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Ethnography, Language Attitudes, Learning Motivation
