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PAIVA, GUILHERME FRANCA DOS SANTOS. "FUNCTIONAL LITERACY AND FOOD NUTRITION LABELING." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2010. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=16516@1.
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COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIORO presente estudo tem como objetivo avaliar o nível de entendimento dos consumidores aplicado à rotulagem nutricional de alimentos industrializados. Ele suporta a idéia de que cada consumidor funciona de maneira distinta frente ao contexto de análise dos rótulos nutricionais. Através de uma pesquisa empírica que utiliza a metodologia de um sistema de avaliação de letramento funcional, traça-se o perfil dos consumidores e mensura-se a pontuação dos entrevistados frente ao conhecimento de aspectos da rotulagem nutricional aplicada pela Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária. Os resultados mostram evidências de que existem consumidores desconhecedores de elementos nutricionais básicos, outros incapazes de desenvolver tarefas simples de análise de rótulos. Níveis diferentes de entendimento frente as variáveis sexo, renda, escolaridade, idade, leitura de rótulos, exercícios, prática de refeições fora de casa e compra de alimentos para a família revelam realidades heterogêneas de escolhas alimentares, trazendo subsídios importantes para a área de comportamento do consumidor e de políticas públicas.
This study aims to evaluate the level of understanding of consumers in the context of food nutrition labeling. It supports the idea that each consumer works differently against the background of the analysis of nutrition labels. Through an empirical research that uses the methodology of an assessment system for functional literacy, a profile of consumers is drawn and a score of the respondents related to nutrition label aspects knowledge applied by Anvisa is measured. Results show evidence that consumers are unaware of basic nutritional elements, unable to develop other simple tasks of label analysis. Different levels of understanding by the variables gender, level of income, level of education, age, reading labels habit, exercise habit, practice of eating out and buying food for the family reveal heterogeneous realities of food choices, bringing important benefits to the area of consumer behavior and public policy.
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Swartz, Jeannette. "Functional Literacy: Should it be Mandatory?" UNF Digital Commons, 1986. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/682.
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Millions of United States citizens are functionally illiterate. Included are persons who cannot read or write or perform simple arithmetic at all. The reasons for failure of voluntary literacy are reviewed, and consideration given to mandatory literacy as a solution to the problem. The effect of functional illiteracy on the military is examined, as well as the relationship of illiteracy to poverty and crime. A survey of educators reveals an awareness among them of this illiteracy problem, and also reveals that some of these educators favor mandatory literacy. The issue of civil rights in relation to mandatory literacy is discussed, along with the dangers and drawbacks of functional illiteracy. Suggestions are made for initiating a campaign to eradicate functional illiteracy from American society.
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Yates, Rachel Jane. "Literacy and gender planning : contested agendas in the Functional Literacy Programme, Ghana." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.239530.
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PACHECO, VINICIUS GARCIA DE FREITAS. "FUNCTIONAL LITERACY AND LABELS OF LUBRICANTS PACKAGES." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2010. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=17306@1.
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Esta dissertação procurou identificar o nível de entendimento de dois
diferentes públicos em relação ao tipo de linguagem usada nas embalagens de
óleos lubrificantes automotivos. O uso de uma linguagem técnica e de expressões
em inglês é um desafio para a correta interpretação da informação não só para o
consumidor analfabeto funcional, mas também para aqueles que possuem
dificuldade com este tipo de comunicação. As teorias de marketing foram
elaboradas partindo da premissa de que os consumidores são alfabetizados, o que
na verdade se torna um problema, pois cerca de 1/3 da população é considerada
analfabeta funcional. A pesquisa foi inspirada no teste S-TOFHLA, que foi
desenvolvido para se avaliar o nível de entendimento dos indivíduos em relação à
linguagem utilizada na área da saúde. Foi desenvolvido um questionário
utilizando a técnica de cloze, que consiste no preenchimento de lacunas com a
palavra mais adequada. Os resultados obtidos sugerem que os públicos
pesquisados possuem níveis de entendimento diferentes de acordo com seu nível
de escolaridade e renda, e evidenciam a necessidade de a comunicação de
marketing se tornar mais sensível ao nível de letramento do seu público alvo.This dissertation aimed to identify the level of understanding of two different audiences in relation to the type of communication used in automotive lubricants oils packages. The use of technical language and expressions in English is a challenge for the correct interpretation of information, not only for the functionally illiterate consumers, but also for those who have difficulty with this type of communication. The marketing theories have been developed based on the premise that consumers are literate, which really becomes a problem, because approximately one third of the population is considered functionally illiterate. The research was inspired by the S-TOFHLA test, which was developed to assess the level of understanding of individuals in relation to the language used in healthcare. A questionnaire was developed using the cloze technique, which consists in filling in the blanks with a proper word. The results suggest that the public surveyed have different levels of understanding according to their level of education and income, and underline the need for marketing communication become more sensitive to the level of literacy of its target market.
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Berdie, Susan Delali Doe. "Facilitation of adult literacy : a case within the Ghana National Functional Literacy Programme." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2017. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/68304/.
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In 2013 the Ghana National Functional Literacy Programme (GNFLP) changed its approach to adult literacy. Instead of local language literacy learning facilitated by volunteers it now deploys Programme Assistants who previously administered the system as Adult Literacy Officers (ALOs) to facilitate literacy learning in English. This study explores what is happening in the GNFLP classrooms especially in view of the recent policy changes and other contextual challenges. The aim is to contribute to knowledge on the facilitation of adult literacy specifically in Ghana and how it is impacted by programme management issues and other contextual factors. A qualitative case study design was employed to explore the key question of how adult literacy facilitation in English is being accomplished in the Ghana NFLP and four sub-questions as follows: 1. How is literacy facilitation understood by the ALOs? 2. How does the understanding of literacy facilitation held by ALOs translate into the facilitation of the new policy of NFLP in English? 3. What difficulties do ALOs face in enacting facilitation? 4. What are the perspectives of the ALOs on their new role in the NFLP? Data collection comprised observation of six adult literacy classes, selected purposefully from a district in a southern region of Ghana. These were followed by semi-structured interviews with the six ALOs whose classes were observed. After initial analysis of the data, four telephone follow-up interviews were conducted to fill up gaps in data. In addition, documents including research reports on literacy, facilitation and second language teaching, as well as instructional materials were analyzed. All data sets were analyzed using thematic analysis framework because it is a flexible and useful research tool that gave me a means of providing a rich and detailed account of the data on facilitation. Secondly, it is not ‘wed to any pre-existing theoretical frameworks' so it made it easy for me to interrogate the data in this study adopting a constructionist epistemological position (Braun and Clarke, 2006: 9). The study was guided by Knowles' notion of andragogy which provides guidelines on how adults learn and Rogers' Facilitation Theory. The study revealed that although ALOs are expected to use andragogic methods in facilitating English literacy learning to adults, especially those with limited and no literacy, programme related factors make this difficult. Inadequate class inputs, ALO-related issues such as facilitator's own English linguistic competency and some level of difficulty with communicating with the learners whilst facilitating their English literacy limit learner participation and encourage a transmission approach. Although comprehension was facilitated through translation for participants, their English language production was very limited. However, participants benefitted more in public speaking even in their own language and a sense of solidarity from participation. The study concludes that second language literacy facilitation for adult learners requires linguistic as well as andragogic competence. Adequate resourcing and management of contextual issues are also factors that impact on facilitation of English literacy learning by adults. Better standards for deploying, building the capacities of the ALOs and managing the programme are therefore recommended if proficiency in literacy levels is to be attained by participants. The study sheds light on what pertains in an adult functional English literacy class in the GNFLP and has offered implications for policy and practice.
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Kell, Marilyn Fay, University of Western Sydney, of Arts Education and Social Sciences College, and School of Education and Early Childhood Studies. "Learning by experience: reconstructing the literacy engagement of nine men who self-report literacy difficulties." THESIS_CAESS_EEC_Kell_M.xml, 2005. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/540.
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This thesis, a qualitative study, examined the literacy practices of nine workers who self-report literacy difficulties. Through a series of interviews it specifically investigated how, in the course of their daily work, their mediated behaviour resulted in development of literacy competence. Through analysis of the workers’ experiences this thesis explored sociocultural themes deriving from Vygotskian traditions such as the central mediational role of psychological tools and signs and the importance of activity taking place in social settings. It took the theoretical position that literacy is an increasingly complex construct that extends beyond functional connotations such as reading, writing and spelling. It focused on the kinds of literacy skills that individuals require in a world characterised by rapid and frequent changes. In doing so this thesis recognised the diverse modalities in literacy performance that emphasise ways of knowing and ways of doing or designing as well as reading, writing, listening, thinking, speaking and comprehending across a range of modalities. This thesis argues that sociocultural concepts are applicable to adult learners. In particular it concludes that adult learners in the course of their jobs demonstrate a repertoire of literacy competence through engagement in meaningful literacy practices. This thesis reports that a significant indicator of the reported broadening in literacy competence is the support structures available in the workplace and in particular the specific characteristics of mentorsDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Hassemer, Holly. "An analysis of the relationship between instructional time and academic achievement of adults and children in a family literacy program." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009hassemerh.pdf.
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Tai, Chung-pui. "Literacy practices and functions of the Zhuang character writing system." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B30730661.
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Tai, Chung-pui, and 戴忠沛. "Literacy practices and functions of the Zhuang character writing system." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B30730661.
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Odendal, Matthys Johannes. "Beyond the glass ceiling: Towards a multi-sensory definition of functional literacy." University of the Western Cape, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6253.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Linguistics, Language and Communication)The world is becoming increasingly visual (Kress, 2009:1).The visually literate viewer should be able to gather data, place it in context, and determine its validity. A huge visual world opened up for the users of new technology. It is therefore no surprise that definitions of literacy have placed a huge premium on the reader to be able to interpret visual cues. Even in its simplest definition, the ability to read and write, the understanding of the concept of literacy is based on the visual. Although new literacies and recent orthographies also emphasise the role of context and the interaction of different modalities and learning history, like the social practice approach, it also focus on literacy events in which the written word is still the fundamental focus. In other words, (visual) texts remain the point of departure rather than seeing the written word as one part of a larger 'material ecology' of signs and meanings. This means that the majority of studies in the field of literacy focus on the individual's ability to interpret the visual and neglects how other senses permute in literacy events.
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Jones, Laura C. "Building the fence around the literacy playground : a collective case study of the experience of teaching literacy in middle school /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7579.
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CUPOLILLO, MARIANA BRAGA NOGUEIRA. "FUNCTIONAL LITERACY AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF CELL PHONE PRINTED PROMOTIONS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2010. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=16525@1.
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COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOREsta dissertação foca no tipo de linguagem usada em anúncios e propagandas de celular e no seu impacto como fonte de informações para o comportamento do consumidor. Esses instrumentos de publicidade podem chegar a não ser compreendidos não só por cerca de 1/3 da população, que é considerada analfabeta funcional geral, mas também por outros que não entendem linguagem técnica e termos estrangeiros. Esse fato pode acarretar grandes perdas financeiras e mau uso da ferramenta de comunicação de marketing. Esta pesquisa foi inspirada no S-TOFHLA, que é um teste internacional de letramento usado na área de saúde. Ela mediu a capacidade dos respondentes de entender aspectos e atributos usados nos anúncios de mídia impressa sobre celulares. Para isso, foi desenvolvido um questionário inspirado na técnica de cloze, que consiste no preenchimento de lacunas com a palavra mais adequada, contendo quatro opções de múltipla escolha para cada questão. Esse teste foi aplicado em 202 respondentes e as respostas contribuíram para avaliar a sua compreensão sobre o tema. Os resultados evidenciam que os respondentes, segundo seus níveis de renda, escolaridade, idade e sexo têm níveis de entendimento diferentes sobre o tema. Quanto maior, por exemplo, o nível de escolaridade do respondente maior a sua pontuação no teste. Isso reforça a idéia de se reavaliar a clareza, a inteligibilidade e a especificidade desses materiais promocionais. Finalmente o estudo salienta a importância de as mensagens e os elementos usados nesses anúncios se tornem instrumentos mais sensíveis ao letramento dos diferentes públicos e consequentemente mais eficazes na comunicação publicitária. O estudo deixa clara a necessidade latente de mudanças para a comunicação de marketing.
This thesis focuses on the type of language used in advertisements and publications for cell phones and its impact as a source of information for the consumer behavior. These publication instruments can actually be not understood by about 1/3 of the population, which is considered functional illiterate, but by others that don’t understand technical languages, jargons, and foreign terms. This fact can result in large financial losses and misapplication of the marketing communication tools. The research at issue was inspired by S-TOHFLA, which is an international test of functional health literacy of patients used in the health care setting. It measured the ability of the respondents to understand aspects and attributes used in press media advertisements about cell phones. Thereto, a test was inspired by the Cloze procedure which consists in fulfilling gaps with the most appropriate word, containing four multiple choice options for each question. That test was administrated to 202 respondents, and the answers contributed to assess their comprehension about the theme. The results point out that the respondents, according to their level of income, literacy, age and gender, have different levels of understanding the subject - for example, the higher the level of literacy of the respondent, the higher his or her score in the test. That reinforces the idea of reassess the clarity, intelligibility and the specificity of these promotional materials. Finally, this study stresses out the importance of messages and elements, used in advertisements, to become more sensitive to the literacy of different audiences and consequently, to be more effective in the advertising community. This study clarifies the latent need of changes for the marketing communication.
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Srivastava, Akshat. "Developing Functional Literacy of Machine Learning Among UX Design Students." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1617104876484835.
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Van, Wyk Jeremy Mark. "The post-literacy perceptions of newly literate adult learners at a rural community learning centre." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20274.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Literature suggests that post-literacy (PL) is a seriously under-researched field in most African countries including South Africa. From the literature, it also became evident that, if PL is not viewed as a government priority, a gap will continue to exist between what PL programmes offer, and what the newly literate adults may need. Various authors emphasise the importance of PL to prevent relapsing into illiteracy, the applicability of PL in enhancing everyday private and occupational life, as well as the potential contribution of PL to poverty reduction, social, economic and political development and in sustaining communities. The aim of this study was to identify the PL perceptions of newly literate adults in the PL programme at the Simondium Community Learning Centre (SCLC) in the Western Cape of South Africa. A basic qualitative research approach to collect data was undertaken. During the data production ten semi-structured interviews were conducted, with the individual participant as the unit of analysis. All interviews were recorded digitally (using a tape recorder) and transcribed verbatim. Data analysis was done using the HyperQual computer programme to identify, retrieve, isolate and regroup data. The results and conclusions of data based on the literature studied and findings of the study indicate a learner-centred PL programme is required which focuses mainly on non-formal and vocational programmes for sustaining communities and economic development.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Literatuur dui daarop dat nágeletterdheid (NG) is ’n ernstig onder nagevorsde gebied in die meeste Afrika-lande wat Suid Afrika insluit. Vanuit die literatuur het dit duidelik geblyk dat, as die regering nie NG as 'n prioriteit beskou nie, 'n gaping sal bly voortbestaan tussen dit wat nuutgelettterde volwassenes moontlik kan benodig en dit wat die program bied. Verskeie skrywers benadruk die belangrikheid van NG om 'n terugval na ongeletterdheid te voorkom, die toepaslikheid van NG om alledaagse private en beroepslewe te bevorder, asook NG se potensiële bydrae tot armoedeverligting, maatskaplike, ekonomiese en politieke ontwikkeling en by die volhoubaarheid van gemeenskappe. Die doel van hierdie studie was om die NGpersepsies van nuutgeletterde volwassenes in die NG-program by die Simondium Gemeenskapleersentrum (SGLS) in die Wes-Kaap van Suid-Afrika te identifiseer. ’n Basiese kwalitatiewe navorsingsbenadering is gebruik om data te versamel. Tydens die data versameling is tien semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude gebruik met die individuele deelnemer as die eenheid van analise. Alle onderhoude is digitaal deur 'n bandopnemer opgeneem en verbatim getranskribeer. Data-analise is gedoen deur gebruik te maak van die HyperQual-rekenaarprogram om data te identifiseer, te herroep, te isoleer en te hergroepeer. Die resultate en opsommings van data gabaseer op literatuur wat bestudeer is en die bevindinge van die studie, dui aan dat 'n leerder-gesentreerde NG program wat hoofsaaklik fokus op nie-formele en beroepsgerigte programme vir die volhoubaarheid van gemeenskappe en ekonomiese ontwikkeling, mag nodig wees binne die bestudeerde konteks.
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Lopez, Jaramillo Maria Gabriela. "Mathematical literacy: A case study of pre-service teachers." OpenSIUC, 2020. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1798.
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This study addresses the question of whether or not pre-service teachers are ready and prepared to use and teach the highly-specialized language of each discipline. The disciplinary languages present teaching and learning challenges due to their lack of parallels in the daily language (Shanahan & Shanahan, 2008). Additionally, the languages of the disciplines are rarely taught and are commonly acquired through an isolated representation of words without a situated meaning within the theory (Gee, 2002). The knowledge of the particular ways of reading, writing, listening to, and talking in the content areas provides opportunities for students’ apprenticeship within the disciplines required for success in higher education contexts (Dobbs, Ippolito, and Charner, 2017). Moreover, this study addresses the question of how future teachers develop disciplinary knowledge and skills. The purpose of this case study was to investigate how mathematical literacy is shaped and defined by the experiences, language, and disciplinary practices of pre-service teachers and experts in mathematics. This overall aim was unfolded by three guiding research questions: 1) What do the Experiences of Pre-Service Teachers and Experts in Mathematics Reveal about their Understanding of Mathematical Literacy? 2) RQ 2. How do pre-service teachers and experts in mathematics use language when solving mathematical problems? and 3) What literacy practices do pre-service teachers and experts in mathematics utilize when presented with modules that require mathematics problem-solving? To structure the elements of analysis for the participants’ responses, I adopted the theoretical support from the emerging disciplinary literacy framework, the novice-expert paradigm, and the tenets of M. K. Halliday’s functional linguistic theory (i.e., Systemic Functional Linguistics; [SFL]). Four faculty in the Department of Mathematics and four pre-service teachers in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at a large Midwest university agreed to participate in this case study. For the data collection, I asked the participants to participate in two sessions. In the first sessions, the participants responded to a semi-structured interview. Afterward, in a second session, the participants solved modules of mathematical problems following three protocols: a think-aloud, a silent-solving, and an oral-explanatory. The results of the participants’ responses to the semi-structured interview and the three protocols indicated that their experiences as learners and teachers of mathematics are tied to their definitions of literacy and disciplinary literacy. The SFL analysis showed that for the experts of mathematics, mathematical problem-solving is a more abstract and cognitive practice. The pre-service teachers’ registers indicated that mathematical problem-solving is experienced as more concrete and real practice. The unique literacy practices that these participants displayed showed the strong connection between language, literacy, and mathematical thought.The implications of this study are discussed in terms of the importance of language and disciplinary literacy in preparation for future teachers as they progress in their course of study within their teaching education programs.
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Parish, Mary Jo Rhodes Dent. "An instructional design for adult literacy tutor training using computer assisted interactive media." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1992. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9311287.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1992.Title from title page screen, viewed February 2, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Dent M. Rhodes (chair), Gayle Flickinger, Karl Taylor, Deborah B. Gentry. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 204-220) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Habomugisha, Peace. "Women and functional literacy in Uganda, a study of the Mbarara district." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq20644.pdf.
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Fries, Melissa. "FUNCTIONAL HEALTH LITERACY AND THE USE OF DENTAL SERVICES IN YOUNG CHILDREN." VCU Scholars Compass, 2009. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1710.
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine parental Functional Health Literacy and their child’s subsequent utilization of dental services. Methods: This was a prospective cohort study of children (n=1175) enrolled in the Child Health Investment Partnership of Virginia (CHIP). Descriptive statistics and separate multivariate logistic regressions were used to determine the relationship between functional health literacy measures; 1) Health Care Literacy (HCL), 2) Personal Health Literacy (PHL), and 3) LSP 22 scale, with utilization as measured as number of dental visit/s. Results: Descriptive analysis of the cohort reveals: 45% black, 40% white, 10% Hispanic, 5% other, 41% of parents not having a high school diploma or GED, >75% were enrolled in CHIP by the age of one, 90% had Medicaid, 80% lived in Roanoke City, 87% had a normal birth weight, 86% were term pregnancies, and 91% did not have asthma. All literacy measures, PHL, HCL, LSP 22, and LSP 22 Target Range were positively associated with having dental utilization. Hispanic race had a less likely chance of having multiple dental visits even when within target range of LSP 22. Conclusion: Parents of children enrolled in CHIP with higher levels of functional health literacy as measured by the Life Skills Progression Instrument demonstrated an increased likelihood of dental utilization for their children.
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Saeteo, Pensri. "Competencies and In-Service Training of Functional Literacy Teachers in Northeastern Thailand." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1989. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331790/.
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This study was designed to determine (a) the most important knowledge and skills for functional literacy teachers; (b) the most important competencies to be covered in in-service training; (c) whether there were any differences between the perceptions of functional literacy teachers, supervisors, and administrators in terms of needed competencies or areas of training; and (d) whether there were any differences in the perceptions of teachers, supervisors and administrators regarding the need for
competencies and for training of functional literacy teachers based upon these variables: age, years of
experience in formal and nonformal education, and training in the functional literacy program. It was found that teachers, supervisors, and administrators agreed that most competencies listed in the instrument were important. No significant difference was found in their perceptions of the importance of the competencies. A significant difference was found in the perceptions of the needs for training among these three groups.
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Huggins, Susie A. "The evolution of adult literacy for learners with special needs." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 1999. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1155.
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Welch, Emily C. "Functionally illiterate adults resolve reading difficulties presented by lexically ambiguous words : an investigation of the ability of the lexical quality hypothesis to describe differential reading skill /." Connect to online version, 2005. http://ada.mtholyoke.edu/setr/websrc/pdfs/www/2005/122.pdf.
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Riekert, Marlene. "Effek van 'n kleinspier-ontwikkelingsprogram op die motoriese vermoë van ABET-leerders." Pretoria : [S.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07202005-160815.
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Collins, Rita. "People, Programs, and Politics: Two Case Studies of Adult Literacy Classes." PDXScholar, 1992. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1394.
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Past research has not sufficiently addressed the question of what types of adult literacy instructional practice are recognized by participants, i.e., students and teachers, as facilitating learning in Adult Basic Education (ABE) classes. The purpose of this study was to describe instructional practices in two urban literacy programs serving low level adult readers, and to identify which practices were effective in meeting student needs. Effectiveness was measured by the ability of students to achieve learning objectives identified by themselves and the teacher, and included attendance patterns and student participation. Quantitative measures of achievement were not used as criteria since few classes utilized comparable formal assessment instruments. The process of generating grounded theory developed by Glaser and Strauss (1967) provided a suitable methodological framework for this qualitative research design that used an ethnographic approach as the format for the participatory research study. Teachers and students in six ABE classes provided data which were collected using a multi-method-plan utilizing interviews, participant observation, and documentary materials The study was structured around one primary and four secondary research questions. These questions were designed to address the various aspects of effective instructional practices in ABE classes and began by describing how teachers and students defined literacy skills and student goals, what practices were used in the classrooms, and how students perceived their learning. After this information was gathered, effective practices could be identified using the criteria elicited from teachers and students. Effective practices were found to be an interdependent process that included teacher, students, and goals within the context of the ABE classroom. The study showed that the effectiveness of discrete instructional practice was dependent on an instructional process that resulted from a teacher's choice of materials and methods accurately reflecting the attributes of students and their educational objectives. Crucial aspects of the teacher's actions were identification of primary objectives development of basic learning skills, interpersonal communication, and establishment of a supportive environment. For students, an active role within the class that included participation and self-directedness was recognized as contributing to goal achievement. Where this process was observed, there was a greater chance of students remaining in the program, actively participating in their learning, and ultimately achieving learning goals.
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Neal, Heather. "Say What?: A Study of Systemic Functional Linguistics as a Literacy Tool for Promoting Word Consciousness and Agency in Postsecondary Literacy Students." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1342463962.
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CASTRO, LIVIA MARIA AIRES DE. "WRITING AND LITERACY IN SECONDARY SCHOOL: A SYSTEMIC-FUNCTIONAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTIC APPROACH." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2009. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=15299@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROO presente trabalho visa investigar a produção escrita de alunos de uma escola pública da rede estadual do Rio de Janeiro, buscando observar o grau de letramento em língua portuguesa como primeira língua, apresentado por esses alunos ao ingressarem no Ensino Médio e quando estão prestes a conclui-lo. A pesquisa insere-se na área de Linguística Aplicada, voltada para a relevância social do uso da língua (Moita Lopes, 2006), adotando uma abordagem textual à escrita (Hyland, 2002) e seguindo pressupostos teórico-metodológicos da Lingüística Sistêmico-Funcional, que se ocupa do estudo da língua enquanto sistema de significados e suas funções nos contextos culturais e situacionais. Enfocando o estudo do uso da metáfora gramatical (Halliday, 1994) em textos escolares, através do emprego de nominalizações, este trabalho propõe as seguintes questões: 1) Os alunos do Ensino Médio empregam a metáfora gramatical em seus textos produzidos em sala de aula? 2) O uso de uma linguagem gramaticalmente mais metafórica aumenta durante o ciclo do Ensino Médio? 3) O uso de nominalizações contribui para a melhoria no letramento dos alunos? O conjunto de textos analisados neste estudo consiste em um questionário social, respondido por 40 (quarenta) alunos de duas turmas, uma do primeiro ano e outra do terceiro ano, para que possamos entender quem são os sujeitos sóciohistoricamente construídos, que compõem estas salas de aula. Exercícios de transformações de estruturas verbais em nominais foram feitos por alunos do primeiro ano e do terceiro do Ensino Médio, e analisados para observar o domínio da metáfora gramatical através do uso de nominalizações. Redações escritas por esses alunos (N=50) também foram analisadas com o objetivo de verificar o uso da metáfora gramatical no momento da elaborar os textos escritos em sala de aula. Os resultados da pesquisa indicam que os alunos apresentam um maior domínio da metáfora gramatical quando chegam ao terceiro ano, entretanto não fazem uso de uma linguagem gramaticalmente mais metafórica ao redigir seus textos em sala de sala de aula, mostrando certa dificuldade em fazer uso amplo de transformações gramaticais na escrita.
The present work aims at investigating the written production of students at a state school in Rio de Janeiro, in order to verify the degree of literacy in Portuguese as a first language of the students as they enroll in secondary school and when they are about to complete it. This Applied Linguistics research, emphasizes the social relevance of the use of language (Moita Lopes, 2006), adopting a textual approach to writing (Hyland, 2002) and following theoretical and methodological assumptions of Systemic-Functional Linguistics, which views language as a system of meanings and functions in both situational and cultural contexts. Focusing on the study of the use of grammatical metaphor (Halliday, 1994) in school texts, through the use of nominalizations, this research proposes the following questions: 1) Do students in secondary school employ the grammatical metaphor in their texts produced in the classroom? 2) Does the use of a more grammatically metaphorical language increase during the cycle of high school? 3) Does the use of nominalizations help to improve the students’ literacy? The set of texts analyzed in this study consists of a social questionnaire, answered by 40 (forty) students in two classes, one of the first year and the other of the third year, so that we could understand who the socio-historically constructed subjects that compound these classrooms are. Exercises that aim at transforming verbal structures into nominal were done by students of the first and third years of secondary school, and analyzed to observe the control of grammatical metaphor through the use of nominalizations. Essays written by these students (N = 50) were also analyzed with the purpose of verifying the use of grammatical metaphor while writing the texts in the classroom. Research results indicate that students have a greater control of grammatical metaphor when they achieve the third year of secondary school. However, they do not use a more grammatically metaphorical language to write their texts in the classroom, showing certain difficulty of using largely grammatical transformations in writing.
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CASTRO, LIVIA MARIA AIRES DE. "WRITING, SCHOOL AND LITERACY: STUDENT TEXTS THROUGH APPRAISAL THEORY AND SYSTEMIC-FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2014. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=24428@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
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O presente trabalho tem como objetivo investigar a produção escrita de alunos de ensino médio de uma escola pública da rede estadual do Rio de Janeiro, buscando observar as dificuldades em lidar com a modalidade escrita da língua, considerando que, muitas vezes, isso pode trazer consequências para a vida do indivíduo, dentro e fora do ambiente escolar. Na escola, a dificuldade com a escrita pode acarretar falta de interesse ou motivação, ao passo que, uma vez fora da escola, o indivíduo que tenha dificuldades em se envolver em práticas sociais de leitura e escrita pode ter menos chances de mobilidade social, além de ficar à margem da sociedade de um modo geral (Rojo, 2010, Soares, 1998). Observando a funcionalidade da linguagem e questões sociais e contextuais relativas ao seu uso (Halliday, 1994; Martin, 2001), esta pesquisa propõe as seguintes questões: 1) Que avaliações os alunos concluintes do ensino médio fazem acerca da escola, incluindo os sujeitos que ali agem, reagem e interagem? 2) De que maneira essa escola desempenha o seu papel como agência de letramento escolar? 3) Que relações podem ser levantadas entre escola e inclusão e exclusão social? O conjunto de dados gerados para este estudo consiste em redações escritas em sala de aula (N=30) por alunos do terceiro ano do Ensino Médio, de uma escola na zona oeste do Rio de Janeiro e respostas a um questionário online (N=11), enviado aos alunos após sua saída da escola, via rede social. Dados estatísticos acerca do desempenho de alunos brasileiros em avaliações de percurso, tais como PISA, SAEB e, sobretudo, matrizes de avaliação do ENEM, foram utilizados para examinar e classificar os dados. O sistema da avaliatividade e pressupostos sistêmico-funcionais possibilitaram a análise das avaliações que os alunos fazem da escola como comunidade, incluindo eles mesmos, e a investigação do grau de letramento escolar que apresentam em sua produção escrita. As respostas ao questionário forneceram informações acerca das atividades educacionais e/ou profissionais dos alunos depois de concluído o ensino médio, possibilitando a discussão de eventuais relações entre letramento escolar e a inclusão social. Os resultados da análise indicam que os alunos fazem uma avaliação da escola que oscila, muitas vezes, entre o positivo e o negativo, sobretudo quando se trata de Afeto, e que a instituição é personificada e valorizada pelo seu papel social sobre o educacional. Os demais membros da comunidade escolar, como professores e colegas, também são avaliados afetivamente. Quando as marcas linguísticas nos mostram Julgamento ou Apreciação, no entanto, a avaliação aponta para um posicionamento mais negativo do aluno em relação à escola. Os textos escritos dos alunos mostram ainda que estes apresentam um grau bastante incipiente de letramento escolar, mesmo após onze anos, em média, dedicados à conclusão da educação básica. Esses resultados levam à discussão sobre as interferências que as deficiências de letramento podem ter na vida dos indivíduos, que, como os alunos observados, podem enfrentar dificuldades para ingressar em instituições públicas de ensino superior e para obter colocações mais satisfatórias no mercado de trabalho.
The present study aims at investigating the written production of students at a public state school in Rio de Janeiro, in order to observe the difficulties in dealing with the written language modality, considering that these difficulties can frequently bring consequences to their lives, inside and outside the school context. At school, these difficulties can cause lack of interest or motivation, whereas out of school someone who has difficulty at engaging in social practices of reading and writing (Rojo, 2010; Soares, 1998) can have fewer chances of social mobility and be led into living on the edge of society. Considering the functionality of language as well as social and contextual issues related to its use (Halliday, 1994; Martin, 2001), this research proposes the following questions: 1) What evaluation do the graduating secondary school students make upon the school, including the individuals who act, react and interact there? 2) How does this school play its role as agency of school literacy? 3) What connections can be raised between school and social inclusion and exclusion? The set of data analyzed in this study consists of essays written by secondary students in their classroom (N = 30),and answers to an online questionnaire (N=11) sent to students after they have left school, via a social media. Statistical data about the performance of Brazilian students in national and international examinations, such as PISA, SAEB and especially ENEM, were used to examine and classify data. The Appraisal system and systemic-functional perspectives supported both the analysis of the evaluation that students make of the school as a community, including themselves, and the investigation of the degree of literacy that they present in their written production. Answers to the questionnaire provided information about the educational and/or professional activities of the students after their conclusion of secondary school, adding material for the discussion of possible relations between school literacy and social inclusion. Results of the analysis indicate that students make an evaluation of the school that often varies between positive and negative, especially when related to Affection, and that the institution is personalized and valued by its social role over the educational one. Other members of the school community, such as teachers and peers, are also affectively evaluated. However, when linguistic evidences show Judgement or Appreciation, the evaluation points to a more negative positioning of students in relation to school, especially as an agency of literacy. Students texts also show that they present a very incipient degree of literacy, even after having spent nearly eleven years at school. These results lead into a discussion about the interference that literacy deficiencies can have on people s lives, such as the students who participate in this research, who can face difficulties to enter public universities and to have better jobs or careers.
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Morapane, Mondiya Nametso. "Functionally illiterate consumers’ food purchase behaviour in Botswana." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41246.
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Illiteracy continues to be a major problem in developing countries. Botswana as an emerging economy with consumers of different literacy levels has no escape for this problem. This study puts the spotlight on consumer illiteracy in Botswana focusing specificallyon purchasing behaviour of functionally illiterate consumers; the problems encountered in the market place and coping strategies used when purchasing food.
To elicit relevant information a quantitative research design and survey techniques using a structured questionnaire was used to gather information. Potential respondents were conveniently sampled in Gaborone and surrounding areas in Botswana (N=200) and women aged between 25 and 65 years formed the sample group. Data analysis involved descriptive statistics and inferential analysis.
From the discussion and the interpretation of the results of the sample of the survey it became clear that certain elements of retailers‟ marketing mix product, price, place, promotion and processes were the most important factors that influenced younger women‟s‟food purchases. Salespeople are apparently of lesser importance to influence consumers. The results indicated that functionally illiterate consumers mainly purchased food products from supermarkets and informal traders but also patronised other retail outlets occasionally. The study further revealed that consumers are vulnerable in the market place as they encountered problems during market place navigation, specifically in terms of too much information; difficulties in computing prices reduced by percentages; crowded places, and advertisements tempting them to buy. These problems seemed to negate the use of coping strategies.
The study has contributed to the limited literature on the food purchasing behaviour of functionally illiterate consumers. Retailers will gain insight on how to deal with functionally illiterate consumers in the market place and find ways of making the market place more consumer friendly.Dissertation (MConsumer Science)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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Nakamura, Makoto. "Functional literacy from a cross-cultural perspective : a comparative study of Canada and Japan." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ39039.pdf.
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Ballard, Glenda Haywood. "Teaching in a new setting: adult basic educators in a national workplace literacy project, a qualitative case study of a national workplace literacy project." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40044.
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Workplace literacy is a movement that has gained popularity in our society in the last decade. Despite the
prolific amount of literature on the subject, very little research has been done to determine how teachers are functioning in this new setting. The problem addressed by this study involved how teachers move into a new workplace literacy setting and the issues they face as they establish their classes in this new setting. The purpose of the study was to determine the kinds of issues which teachers might encounter as they move into this setting.
Questions about how teachers experience moving into a workplace literacy setting located at the job site was examined through qualitative research. A case study narrative providing rich description was conducted. about one national workplace literacy project from the beginning of the project throughout the eighteen-month grant period. Classroom observations, participant observations, and interviews were completed. The method of constant comparison was used to analyze the data for patterns of similarity and dissimilarity.
Six principal categories emerged from the data. The findings are presented in six broad categories: (a) a
definition of workplace literacy; (b) awareness of company culture; (c) company involvement; (d) the workplace literacy student; (e) the workplace literacy classroom; and (f) the role of the teacher.
From these findings, conclusions were drawn about teacher training materials for individuals in workplace
literacy settings. It was determined that a need does exist for a usable teacher's manual containing information regarding workplace literacy programs. Additional research is necessary; one suggestion included replicating this study in another workplace literacy project to determine whether similar issues would emerge.Ed. D.
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Knight, Stacey P. "Caribbean learners in an adult literacy programme : concepts of literacy, motives and expectations of the programme." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=30793.
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Adult literacy programmes traditionally define literacy in fundamental, functional or cultural terms and prepare learners to conform to society. Community-based programmes see literacy as emancipatory, adopt a critical stance towards society and ideally use a learner-centred approach. This study sought to inform one community-based programme on more effective learner-centredness. Fourteen Caribbean immigrants participating in the programme were interviewed to investigate their concepts of literacy, motives for enrolling in, and expectations of, the programme. Results indicate that learners had limited concepts of the word "literacy," and had joined the programme because of difficulties in accessing Canadian public education. Most had completed primary school in the Caribbean and were accustomed to teacher-directed education. The study recommends that the programme increase learner-participation in decision-making and adopt a holistic approach to learning using focus groups. Also advocated is critical assessment of issues affecting learners such as language, migration and access to school.
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Beauzac, Christolene Bernardine. "The relationship between an Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) literacy program and women's lives in Semi-urban context, in Cape Peninsula." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_2433_1304586568.
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The research employed a qualitative research paradigm. The ethnographic approach was used to conduct the research. Data collection was done though various ethnographic techniques, classroom observation, in-depth interviews and document analysis. The population was 85 women who participated in a Adult Basic Education and Training programme in Eersterivier in the Cape Peninsula area a questionnaire was used to collect demographic information of the participants Data was analysed by thematic analysis and coded, categorised and discussed according to the aim and objectives of the study in relation to previous studies The main findings were why exploring the existing literacy practice women were depended on others for literacy assistance, which made them avoid literacy events and become vulnerable in this process to cope with the everyday life.
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Varekojis, Sarah Meredith. "The relationship between smoking cessation outcomes and functional health literacy level in patients receiving a brief cognitive smoking cessation intervention." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1085082092.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2004.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xiv, 147 p.; also includes graphics. Includes abstract and vita. Advisor: David Stein, College of Education. Includes bibliographical references (p. 98-103).
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Solinski, Cynthia L. "Coping with stigma an adult learners perspective /." Connect to resource online, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2196.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2010.Title from screen (viewed on July 19, 2010). Department of Sociology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Advisor(s): Peter Seybold, Patricia A. Wittberg, Christine Leland. Includes vitae. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 52-54).
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Heenkenda, Shirantha. "Inequalities in the Financial Inclusion in Sri Lanka: An Assessment of the Functional Financial Literacy." 名古屋大学大学院国際開発研究科, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/19506.
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Griffith, Bonnie L. "A hands-on approach to literature: Designing a grade 1-3 whole language literature unit." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1989. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/432.
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Hastwell, Kim. "An investigation of the literacy and numeracy requirements and demands of entry-level supermarket work." Click here to access resource online, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/752.
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The nature and role of workplace literacy and numeracy are the subject of considerable debate (Baker, 1998; Castleton, 2002; Gee & Lankshear, 1997; Hull, 1997; Jackson, 2000; Marr & Hagston, 2007). The debate in New Zealand, (as in many other countries), is taking place amid concerns about the adequacy of the skills of its workforce and the latter’s ability to meet future demands of everyday work and life (Tertiary Education Commission, 2008). These concerns have resulted in major investment at a national level in a Skills Strategy (New Zealand Government, 2008) with particular emphasis on improving adult literacy and numeracy levels. However, Castleton (2002) suggests that conceptualising literacy as a skill ignores the reality of workplaces which, she suggests, consist of communities of workers who engage in purposeful communication and who possess and use different skills and knowledge in complementary ways, while Hull (1997) believes that too great an emphasis is placed on literacy, particularly in low skilled work. I teach on a programme for students with limited English literacy and numeracy proficiency. A common entry point into the workforce for current and past learners from the programme is entry-level supermarket work. However there is limited information available about the literacy and numeracy pre-requisites for this type of work or the literacy and numeracy demands placed on those in employment. In seeking to contribute to the body of knowledge about low skilled work in general and entry-level supermarket work in particular, research was carried out in a large, busy, suburban supermarket. The study was underpinned by the belief that both literacy and numeracy are social practices which cannot be separated from the contexts in which they occur. It adopted an ethnographic approach and was conducted through semi-structured interviews with supermarket managers and entry-level workers/supermarket assistants; observation of assistants during induction and at work; and analysis of some significant supermarket documentation. Findings indicate that, while literacy and numeracy are generally not considered to be important pre-requisites for entry-level supermarket work, supermarket assistants are exposed to highly context-specific literacy texts and ‘embedded’ and invisible numeracy demands at induction and during parts of their working day. The findings have significance for the teaching of literacy and numeracy in vocational training programmes. They indicate that off-site programmes have an important role to play in providing a learning foundation but also point to the importance of, and need for, workplace-specific, on-the-job literacy and numeracy training.
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Moore, Margaret. "Examining the reading proficiency of office workers." Thesis, This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06232009-063359/.
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Hunter, Susan L. "Perceptions of a HIV Testing Message Targeted for At-Risk Adults with Low Functional Health Literacy." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/msit_diss/88.
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This study analyses warehoused data collected by Georgia State University and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (GSU/CDC) researchers after developing an HIV testing message for urban adults with low functional health literacy. It expands previous work by examining data collected when 202 primarily African-American homeless clients of an urban community based organization (CBO) reviewed both the low literacy brochure (Wallace et. al., 2006) and a standard HIV brochure (Georgia Department of Human Resources, 1997). Participants’ health literacy was assessed using 2 measures; the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine or REALM (Davis, Crouch, Long & Green) and the Test of Functional Health Literacy Assessment or TOFHLA (Nurss, Parker & Baker, 2001). HIV risk was determined using an interview questionnaire developed by the research group (Belcher, Deming, Hunter & Wallace, 2005) which allowed participants to self-report recent alcohol and drug use, sexual behavior, sexually transmitted disease (STD) history and exposure to abuse and sexual coercion. Open-ended response questions regarding readability, understanding, main message, and importance for each brochure provided the qualitative data.This analysis confirms previous work showing accessibility, readability, cultural sensitivity and user-friendly formatting are important when attempting to engage at-risk adults with varying levels of functional health literacy in an HIV testing message. The visual aspects of the brochure can be essential in capturing the reader’s attention and should be relevant to the target audience (Wallace, Deming, Hunter, Belcher & Choi, 2006). Mono-colored graphics may be perceived as dated and irrelevant or worse yet, threatening to some readers. Whenever possible culturally appropriate color photos of people depicting relevant content should replace excess text and difficult medical terms should be eliminated. Wording on the cover and within the brochure should be used to focus the reader on a single main message.This data also shows that many participants considered the quantity of information just as important. For reasons not elucidated here, many respondents equated quantity of information with message quality. Based on these results it is important to further clarify how much information is enough to maintain legitimacy and the reader’s attention while simultaneously avoiding confusing mixed messages.
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Harison, Rosemary. ""It's my think" exploring critical literacy with low level EAL students : a thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the degree of Master of Arts in Applied Language Studies, 2008." Click here to access this resource online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/737.
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Addae, D. "Methods of teaching adult learners: a comparative study of adult education programmes in Ghana and South Africa." Thesis, UNISA, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23386.
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The benefits of effective teaching methods have been well researched and documented. Salient amongst most literature on such benefits is their ability to promote learners’ subject-matter comprehension and their active participation in class activities. Subject-matter and learner participation can be considered key ingredients in promoting effective learning. In adult education, due to the unique characteristics that the learner brings to the learning situation, it behooves the educator to select appropriate methods in promoting learning. By employing appropriate teaching methods, the educator is able to help adult learners achieve the desired learning outcomes. This study therefore sought to comparatively examine the effectiveness of the various teaching methods used by educators in teaching learners in adult education programmes in Ghana and South Africa. The study focused on the National Functional Literacy Programme of Ghana and the Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Programme of South Africa.
The study was conducted using a qualitative research approach where the multiple case study design was employed. A purposive sample of 152 participants comprising 72 learners and 4 educators each from Ghana and South Africa were selected for the study. The interview schedule, focus group discussion guide and unstructured observation guides were used to elicit data from the participants. The study revealed, amongst other things, that some of the methods employed by the educators in the teaching and learning encounter were ineffective in promoting adult learning in both programmes. The study recommends that methods employed to teach adult learners should help them effectively to make meaning of the various information or events that they are presented with. As a result, teaching moves from the traditional view of transmission to helping learners to reexamine their meaning-making structures.UNISA
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Cohn, Mary Louise. "Working It Out: ESL Literacy Skills, Strategies, and Systems in the Workplace." PDXScholar, 1992. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4579.
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This study investigates the strategies and resources a group of non-native English speakers with limited reading ability use to fulfill literacy functions work. The nineteen study subjects are employed as production workers in a large electronics manufacturing company. Using in-depth interview data, limited testing and document analysis, the study addresses three major research questions: 1) For what functions are reading and writing actually used in the workplace? What level of reading and writing do these functions assume? 2) How do these literacy functions relate to the rest of the work system? 3) How do limited readers fulfill these literacy functions? What kinds of individual literacy skills, social networks and alternative approaches do they use? How can findings be applied to workplace, ESL, job training, and employee communications? The findings show that the primary function of literacy in this workplace is to maintain process quality and flow. Secondary functions include maintenance of the social organization and the use of literacy for learning the job or learning English. The study finds that limited readers can accomplish literacy functions even if they cannot read documents connected to the function. They use extensive social networks as one strategy for accomplishing literacy functions. They also use job aids, watch processes being performed, or memorize processes. English verbal skills are necessary for many alternative strategies. The study illustrates systemic relationships among work process design, individual literacy skill, and alternative literacy strategies such as using help networks. The study also finds that participants take ESL class as a means to advance as well as to succeed on the current job. The study suggests that employers support ESL instruction as a long-term skill-improvement strategy, but look at redesigning work systems, job training, and employee communications to solve immediate performance problems with limited readers. The study recommends that workplace ESL instructors balance student and employee needs by using workplace materials as one part of a wider curriculum; it also suggests that ESL instructors may have an important role to play in the workplace by acting as performance consultants. going beyond the classroom to recommend changes in the entire work system as they affect English and literacy learning. Because of the small sample size, more research is needed.
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Stiefvater, Andrea L. "Language Socialization in ESL Writing Classes: A Systemic Functional Analysis." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1226983324.
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Thesis (Dr. of Education)--University of Cincinnati, 2008.Advisor: Gulbahar Beckett. Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Feb.16, 2009). Includes abstract. Keywords: 2nd Language Writing; TESL; EAP; SFL. Includes bibliographical references.
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Baker, Elizabeth J. "An inquiry into the development of critical text creators: Teaching grammar in the primary years." Thesis, Griffith University, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/411535.
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The inaugural Australian Curriculum: English (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA], 2010a) included functional grammar as a necessity to account for the increasing number of multimodal texts with which students are engaging. As texts become increasingly multimodal, students continue to require critical literacy skills that allow for the analysis of these texts.
Alongside changes in the curriculum, researchers raised concerns about teachers’ knowledge in functional grammar Love and Humphrey (2012); (Love et al., 2015). With limited support for the development of grammar pedagogy, educators have relied more on traditional approaches (Harper & Rennie, 2009; Snyder, 2008). Consequently, there is a need for research on functional grammar pedagogy that accounts for multimodal texts and critical literacy.
A qualitative case study methodology with a teacher-researcher was used to investigate the overarching research question How can functional grammar develop students’ critical literacy when creating multimodal texts? This research explored the teaching and learning of functional grammar for critical literacy during multimodal text creation in the primary school. The research consisted of a sequence of twelve lessons, conducted in a Year 5 classroom in the Australian Capital Territory during Terms 3 and 4, 2020. Data were collected through audio and video recordings during the lessons, student work samples and semi-structured interviews following the sequence of lessons. Four students were selected as cases in this study.
Student and classroom data were analysed using a Bernsteinian (2000) theorisation of pedagogy and Hallidayan (Halliday & Matthiessen, 2014) theorisation of grammar. Bernstein’s (2000) theory of framing was adapted as an analytical tool to explore the selection, sequencing, pacing and criteria used within the sequence of lessons. Halliday’s (Halliday & Matthiessen, 2014) functional grammar metalanguage was used to investigate the case study students’ exploration, creation and reflection of multimodal texts during the sequence of lessons.
The findings demonstrated that the case study teacher wove across a range of pedagogical frames, moving from open inquiry to explicit instruction. Through these lessons, students engaged in critical literacy through a variety of functional grammar resources. Students enacted functional grammar knowledge in different ways to explore, create and reflect on multimodal texts. Use of functional grammar resources was not equal between the student cases, with some students using resources without evidence of reflection whereas others primarily explored texts using functional grammar resources. Findings reveal some students’ ability to engage with complex multimodal texts using functional grammar. Implications from this research highlight what is possible when a teacher has a high level of functional grammar knowledge for multimodal texts in primary classrooms.Thesis (Masters)
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Pereira, Bruno Gomes. "Professores em formação inicial no gênero relatório de estágio supervisionado: um estudo em licenciaturas paraenses." Universidade Federal do Tocantins, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11612/591.
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PEREIRA, Bruno Gomes. Professores em formação inicial no gênero relatório de estágio supervisionado: um estudo em licenciaturas paraenses.2014. 136f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Letras: ensino de Língua e Literatura) – Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras: ensino de Língua e Literatura, Araguaína, 2014.O objetivo desta dissertação de mestrado é investigar autorrepresentações de professores em formação inicial, aqui denominados de alunos-mestre, em relatórios de estágio supervisionado (RES). Para isso, analisamos como estas autorrepresentações refletem a escrita dos relatórios, que denominamos de escrita reflexiva profissional, partindo da premissa de que se trata de um registro da língua utilizado para relatar questões ligadas ao universo profissional dos alunos-mestre de maneira crítica e reflexiva. O corpus desta investigação é constituído por 42 (quarenta e dois) relatórios de estágio, produzidos ao final da disciplina de Estágio Supervisionado nas Licenciaturas em Letras (com habilitação em Língua Portuguesa), Pedagogia e Matemática. Estas licenciaturas são ofertadas por uma universidade pública localizada ao sudeste do Estado do Pará, estado que integra a região Norte do Brasil. Os relatórios que compõem o corpus desta investigação foram devidamente produzidos entre os anos 2010 e 2012, ao final das disciplinas Estágio Supervisionado II (Letras), Prática de Ensino II (Matemática) e Estágio Supervisionado em Educação Infantil (Pedagogia), todas destinadas ao período de regência em sala de aula em escolas da Educação Básica. Partimos do princípio de que o relatório de estágio é um importante instrumento na semiotização das práticas vivenciadas no complexo contexto acadêmico de estágio, sendo, portanto, um tipo de produção textual bastante peculiar em comparação aos outros gêneros textuais produzidos na academia. Nossa investigação é do tipo documental, uma vez que analisamos relatórios de estágio, documentos importantes no que se refere às especificidades da disciplina de Estágio Supervisionado. Em muitos casos, a universidade parece ignorar o caráter documental deste gênero textual, conferindo a ele um perfil puramente burocrático. Para análise dos dados, optamos por uma abordagem qualitativa, que se desenvolve em quatro categorias de análise. Esta investigação se insere no campo de estudos interdisciplinares da Linguística Aplicada (LA). Elegemos como principal aporte teórico-metodológico a Linguística Sistêmico-Funcional (LSF), especialmente sobre as Metafunções Ideacional e Textual. A primeira compreende a oração como elemento de representação do mundo em si. Já a segunda entende a oração como mensagem. Procurando assumir uma postura ainda mais interdisciplinar, também propomos uma articulação com os Estudos do Letramento, mais especificamente os letramentos linguístico e do professor. Além disso, também tentamos dialogar com a Sociologia, com a intenção de problematizar e caracterizar as relações instáveis entre atores sociais que se relacionam no contexto de sala de aula. Por fim, nosso movimento interdisciplinar também procura dialogar com os conhecimentos advindos da Educação, pois este ramo de pesquisa é tradicional em investigações que problematizam a noção de Estágio Supervisionado. Os resultados que obtemos apontam para uma escrita reflexiva ainda muito incipiente, em que o teor narrativo/descritivo parece predominar, em detrimento de reflexões mais críticas e consistentes que envolvam a prática pedagógica desempenhada durante a regência. Acreditamos que esta pesquisa pode render ganhos ao letramento dos alunos-mestre, especialmente aqueles do complexo contexto acadêmico paraense. Esta dissertação contribui para as investigações do grupo de pesquisa Práticas de Linguagens nos Estágios Supervisionados – PLES (UFT/CNPq).
This dissertation aims to investigate self-representations of teachers in initial graduation which are named as master-students in Reports of Supervised Internship (RSI). For this reason we analyzed how the self-representations reflect the writing of reports which we refer to as professional reflexive writing because it is a kind of language used to report critically and reflexively questions about professional world of the master-students. The corpus of this investigation is consisted by 42 (forty-two) internship reports wrote by undergraduate students at the end of the Supervised Internship subjects in the Letters Faculty – Portuguese Language, Pedagogy and Mathematics. These courses are offered by a public university located in the southeast of Pará situated in the north of Brazil. The reports which are the corpus of this research were produced between 2010 and 2012 at the end of Supervised Internship II (Arts Faculty), Teaching Practice II (Mathematics) and Supervised Internship in Childhood Education (Pedagogy) subjects which focus the regency period in classroom at Basic Education schools. We believe the internship report’s writing is an import instrument of semiotizating the experience in the complex academic context of practice, although, it has been a quite peculiar kind of textual production in comparison to other genres produced in academy. Our investigation is documentary due the fact we analyze internship reports which are important documents concerned to particularities of Supervised Internship subject. In several cases, the university seems to ignore the documentary character of this genre giving to it only a bureaucratic profile. For data analyses we choose a qualitative approach which is developed in four categories of analyses. This investigation is concerned within the field of interdisciplinary studies of Applied Linguistics (AL). We chose Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) as the main theoretical and methodological contribution, especially on the ideational and textual metafunction. The first comprehends the sentence as an element representing world itself. And the second understands the sentence as a message. Looking for taking a more interdisciplinary position, we also propose a joint with Literacy Studies, specifically Linguistic Literacy and Teacher Literacy. Furthermore, we also try to dialogue with Sociology intending to problematize and characterize the unstable relationship between the social actors who interact in the classroom. Finally, our interdisciplinary movement tries to dialogue with the knowledge of Education, because this area of research is reference in studies that problematize the notion of Supervised Interniship. The results showed an incipient reflexive writing in which the descriptive/narrative writing seems to predominate rather than critic and consistent reflections involved in the pedagogy practice during the regency. We believe that this research can contribute to the master-students literacy especially whose from the complex academic context of Pará as well as to the group researchers of the Project: Practicing Language in Supervised Internships – LPSI (UFT/CNPq).
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Armstrong, Karen Andrea. "The relationship of health literacy and locus of control to medication compliance in older African Americans." unrestricted, 2007. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-08202007-161830/.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2007.Title from file title page. Patricia Clark, committee chair; Elisabeth Burgess, Molly Perkins, committee members. Electronic text (72 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Nov. 8, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-67).
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Lymbouridou, Chrystalla. "Controversial issues in science education for functional scientific literacy : a case study of an implemented curriculum in Cyprus Science classrooms." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2011. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1602/.
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This study has been designed to provide and interpret information from classroom based practice about the implementation of controversial issues in the science curriculum and relate it to the discussion about conceptual frameworks that situate controversial issues in science education. Since no tools were available from the science education research area to fulfil the methodological aims stated above, the study has taken a methodological orientation which resulted in the selection and modification of Schellens' (1985) argument typology scheme alongside Peirce's (1905) classification of the sciences to describe the epistemic part of the lesson, and to the selection of Walton's and Crabbe's (1995) typology of argumentative dialogues to describe the dialectical context. The application of argument schemes was successful and it has enabled the description of the epistemic practices as situated in dialectical practice. The analysis has revealed the basic structural components in which the complexity of the discussion is built, consequences, needs (ends) and rules, and how these have been used within discussions: either to ground decisions about an issue, or to explain or evaluate societal agents' and own selves' actions, desires, decisions, views and positions, or own intentions towards a personal stated dilemma. Furthermore, they have revealed the instances in which each discipline, like Ethics, Natural Sciences, Psychology, and Sociology, had taken place. The results indicate an intersection of the disciplines and provide valuable information about how implementing controversial issues in the science curriculum might be related to enhancing thoughtful decision making, humanizing the science curriculum, or focusing on epistemological issues.
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Crowell, Nancy A. "Language environment and positive caregiving climate in early childhood care and education and their relationship to child language development." Connect to Electronic Thesis (ProQuest) Connect to Electronic Thesis (CONTENTdm), 2009. http://worldcat.org/oclc/450899160/viewonline.
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Feez, Susan Mary. "Montessori's mediation of meaning: a social semiotic perspective." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1859.
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The distinctive objects designed by Dr Maria Montessori as the centrepiece of her approach to pedagogy are the topic of this study. The Montessori approach to pedagogy, celebrating its centenary in 2007, continues to be used in classrooms throughout the world. Despite such widespread and enduring use, there has been little analysis of the Montessori objects to evaluate or understand their pedagogic impact. This study begins by outlining the provenance of the Montessori objects, reaching the conclusion that the tendency to interpret them from the perspective of the progressive education movement of the early twentieth century fails to provide insights into the developmental potential embodied in the objects. In order to appreciate that potential more fully, the study explores the design of the objects, specifically, the way in which the semiotic qualities embodied in their design orient children to the meanings of educational knowledge. A meta-analytic framework comprising three components is used to analyse the semiotic potential of the Montessori objects as educational artefacts. First, Vygotsky’s model of development is used to analyse the objects as external mediational means and to recognise the objects as complexes of signs materialising educational knowledge. In order to understand how the objects capture, in the form of concrete analogues, the linguistic meanings which construe educational knowledge, systemic functional linguistics, the second component of the framework, is used to achieve a rich and detailed social semiotic analysis of these relations, in particular, material and linguistic representations of abstract educational meanings. Finally, the pedagogic device, a central feature of Bernstein’s sociology of pedagogy, is used to analyse how the Montessori objects re-contextualise educational knowledge as developmental pedagogy. Particular attention is paid to the Montessori literacy pedagogy, in which the study of grammar plays a central role. The study reveals a central design principle which distinguishes the Montessori objects. This principle is the redundant representation of educational knowledge across multiple semiotic modes. Each representation holds constant the underlying meaning relations which construe quanta of educational knowledge, giving children the freedom to engage with this knowledge playfully, independently and successfully. The conclusion drawn from this study is that the design of the Montessori objects represents valuable educational potential which deserves continued investigation, as well as wider recognition and application. To initiate this process, the findings in this study may provide insights which can be used to develop tools for evaluating and enhancing the implementation of Montessori pedagogy in Montessori schools. The findings may also be used to adapt Montessori design principles for the benefit of educators working in non-Montessori contexts, in particular, those educators concerned with developing pedagogies which promote equitable access to educational knowledge.
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Feez, Susan Mary. "Montessori's mediation of meaning: a social semiotic perspective." University of Sydney, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1859.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)The distinctive objects designed by Dr Maria Montessori as the centrepiece of her approach to pedagogy are the topic of this study. The Montessori approach to pedagogy, celebrating its centenary in 2007, continues to be used in classrooms throughout the world. Despite such widespread and enduring use, there has been little analysis of the Montessori objects to evaluate or understand their pedagogic impact. This study begins by outlining the provenance of the Montessori objects, reaching the conclusion that the tendency to interpret them from the perspective of the progressive education movement of the early twentieth century fails to provide insights into the developmental potential embodied in the objects. In order to appreciate that potential more fully, the study explores the design of the objects, specifically, the way in which the semiotic qualities embodied in their design orient children to the meanings of educational knowledge. A meta-analytic framework comprising three components is used to analyse the semiotic potential of the Montessori objects as educational artefacts. First, Vygotsky’s model of development is used to analyse the objects as external mediational means and to recognise the objects as complexes of signs materialising educational knowledge. In order to understand how the objects capture, in the form of concrete analogues, the linguistic meanings which construe educational knowledge, systemic functional linguistics, the second component of the framework, is used to achieve a rich and detailed social semiotic analysis of these relations, in particular, material and linguistic representations of abstract educational meanings. Finally, the pedagogic device, a central feature of Bernstein’s sociology of pedagogy, is used to analyse how the Montessori objects re-contextualise educational knowledge as developmental pedagogy. Particular attention is paid to the Montessori literacy pedagogy, in which the study of grammar plays a central role. The study reveals a central design principle which distinguishes the Montessori objects. This principle is the redundant representation of educational knowledge across multiple semiotic modes. Each representation holds constant the underlying meaning relations which construe quanta of educational knowledge, giving children the freedom to engage with this knowledge playfully, independently and successfully. The conclusion drawn from this study is that the design of the Montessori objects represents valuable educational potential which deserves continued investigation, as well as wider recognition and application. To initiate this process, the findings in this study may provide insights which can be used to develop tools for evaluating and enhancing the implementation of Montessori pedagogy in Montessori schools. The findings may also be used to adapt Montessori design principles for the benefit of educators working in non-Montessori contexts, in particular, those educators concerned with developing pedagogies which promote equitable access to educational knowledge.
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Pavlak, Christina M. "On being a writing teacher: Exploring three middle grade teachers' experiences with a literacy initiative in an urban Catholic school." Thesis, Boston College, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/3179.
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Thesis advisor: Patrick J. McQuillanThough writing is an essential life skill (National Commission on Writing, 2003, 2004, 2005), time spent writing in classrooms across the US is brief (Applebee and Langer, 2006; Applebee and Langer, 2011; Graham and Perin, 2007; National Commission on Writing, 2003). Furthermore, writing achievement of English learners (ELs) who represent nearly five million US students (Mather and Foxen, 2010) is often lower than other sub-groups (Fry, 2007, 2008). As such, using case study research (Stake, 2000, 2003) this study explored three sixth-eighth-grade teachers' experiences with an initiative to enhance writing instruction through the use of systemic functional linguistics (SFL), an approach that emphasizes writing for multiple purposes and the explicit teaching of language (Christie and Derewianka, 2008; Derewianka, 1990, 1999). SFL-informed instruction is an emerging strategy used to enhance the writing of ELs in US schools (see Brisk, Hodgson-Drysdale, and O'Connor, 2011; Brisk and Zisselsberger, 2010; Gebhard, et al., 2007; Schleppegrell and Go, 2007). A key argument of this ethnographic study is that the shape of the degree to which these three teachers took up a new way of teaching writing can be explained along a series of continua, consisting of the following five dimensions: cultivation of caring relationships with students, recognition of the needs of ELs, view of writing, commitment to professional growth, and commitment to collaboration and a number of related sub-dimensions. Another finding relates to the affective dimensions of teaching and learning, attention to which appeared to enhance teachers' enactment of SFL. Implications of these findings benefit teacher educators and professional development providers committed to enhancing writing instruction in US schools and speak to the field of educational reform more broadly by offering insight into multiple dimensions that influence teachers' uptake of a change endeavor
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2013
Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education
Discipline: Teacher Education, Special Education, Curriculum and Instruction