Author : Bronwyn T. Williams
Release : 2017-07-06
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 916/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Literacy Practices and Perceptions of Agency by : Bronwyn T. Williams
Download or read book Literacy Practices and Perceptions of Agency written by Bronwyn T. Williams. This book was released on 2017-07-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Bronwyn T. Williams explores how perceptions of agency—whether a person perceives and feels able to read and write successfully in a given context—are critical in terms of how people perform their literate identities. Drawing on interviews and observations with students in several countries, he examines the intersections of the social and the personal in relation to how and, crucially, why people engage successfully or struggle painfully in literacy practices and what factors and forces they regard as enabling or constraining their actions. Recognizing such moments and patterns can help teachers and researchers rethink their approaches to teaching to facilitate students’ sense of agency as writers and readers.