Adolescents, curriculum, and literary competence

Authors

  • Guadalupe López Bonilla Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
  • Guadalupe Tinajero Villavicencio Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
  • Carmen Pérez Fragoso Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

Keywords:

High school, written culture, literacy practice, literary competency, the teaching of literature.

Abstract

In this paper we look at access to literary texts, and analyze literacy practices in a specific context and domain: high school literature classes. We start out from a sociocultural perspective for our study of literacy events and practices. In particular, we have begun our research supported by the work of Mary Hamilton and the New Literacy Studies to identify events and their components, in order to infer the practices that give meaning to the events observed. The study was conducted in a state high school (COBACH), and in a federal high school offering two different programs: the General Diploma (GD), similar to that of the COBACH, and the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB). The results allow us to surmise what type of reader and level of literary competency is offered by each scholastic culture.

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2006-11-01