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Publication Date: 2016
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Story Nights: An Apprenticeship into Literacy through Bilingual Story Reading
Brown, Sally
Teaching Education, v27 n3 p286-304 2016
This article documents an extended Mexican family's social practices surrounding literacy as they engage with bilingual children's literature in a unique context that draws from both home and school without the pressures of curriculum mandates. The research is situated within the southeastern United States where English-dominant practices permeate the school and community. Sociocultural and third space theories provide a framework for understanding the complexities surrounding language use and literacy development. Findings indicate the new space, Story Nights, provides for the development of connections to Mexican culture and a notion of community-based literacy learning. The author makes recommendations for classroom teachers, teacher education programs, and educational policy to be more inclusive of Latino/Latina English learners.
Descriptors: Literacy, Literacy Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Education, Apprenticeships, Story Reading, Childrens Literature, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Hispanic American Students, Hispanic American Culture, Immigrants, Observation, Interviews, Video Technology, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Communities of Practice, Mexicans, Mexican Americans, Research Projects, Books, Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Bilingual Education Programs, Teacher Education Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Questioning Techniques, Grounded Theory, Discourse Analysis, Mixed Methods Research, Culture, Transcripts (Written Records), Spanish, Second Language Learning
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Mexico
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