Literacy journeys: home and family literacy practices in immigrant households and their congruence with schooled literacy

Major sociocultural contexts of learning such as families, communities and schools are imbued with power, and power favours some more than others. Given that schools are important sites of social and cultural reproduction, one of their major tasks is to teach learners to be literate. However, litera...

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Main Author: Leila Kajee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Education Association of South Africa 2011-01-01
Series:South African Journal of Education
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0256-01002011000300014