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Literacy Theories: Allegory And Analysis
Analysing the field diaries and the answers to the questionnaire, we sought to identify recurrent categories to deepen our understanding of members' conceptions about literacy theories and the practice they developed in the program, as long as their reflections on being a teacher. We initially performed an exploratory reading of the documents, searching for recurrent concepts, and then we re-read the entire ensemble to map emerging themes and selected analythical categories. We found five major themes in these documents: Membership; Diversity and Transformative social justice; Self-Reflection and Affection; Planning and Improvisation; Theory-in-the-Practice.
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