EDUC 3760 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lev Vygotsky, Cultural-Historical Psychology, Comprehension Approach
18 Feb 2020
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What is literacy: conventional definition: ability to read and write, ability to read and write and speak, compute and solve problems at a level necessary to function on the job, achieve one"s goals, and develop one" s knowledge. Literacy as social practice: different literacies associate with different domains of line (ex: places of worship, public agencies, work-based, school based)- multiple literacies. Involve attitudes feelings, beliefs and are larger than acts of reading and writing. Print literacy: reading or writing of some form of print for communicative purposes inherent in people" s lives. Literacy as a cognitive practice: literacy development follows cognitive milestones, reading instruction follow guidelines. Print literacy as cognitive skill (development): learning to decode and encode print (specific stages) Reading for learning the new (ages 8-14) Emergent literacy: learning to read and write begins early, reading and writing develop concurrently, children are active learners, storybook reading, repeated readings foster literacy development.
