James Gee (19--) challenged the reading profession to think more broadly about reading instruction when he wrote‚ “’Literacy’ is the mastery or fluent control over a secondary Discourse” (p. 9). As social beings‚ people belong to a variety of Discourse groups‚ groups that have very specific identities and “ways of being in the world” (Gee‚ 19--‚ p. 6). Our primary Discourse group is that of our home. As our world expands‚ so do our Discourse groups. According to Gee‚ these secondary Discourse
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What is Literacy?‚ approach literacy studies from psychological and sociological viewpoints. He states that the focus of literacy is social practices (“it’s not just how you say it‚ but what you are and do when you say it). Early in the writing‚ Gee defines Discourse as a combination of acts: saying‚ writing‚ doing‚ being‚ valuing‚ etc. He views Discourse as a social construct not dissimilar from Culture. In fact‚ in order to master a Discourse‚ one must go through an intensive process of enculturation
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characteristics-should have an equal opportuni“Multicultural education incorporates the idea that all students-regardless of their gender‚ social class‚ and ethnic‚ or racial‚ or cultural characteristics-should have an equal opportunity to learn in school” (Banks & Gee‚ 2009‚ p. 4). Multicultural education dismiss the idea of rejecting a human being in any way in school or within society and recognizes the differences it has. Grant and Sleeter (2000) agreed that “Multicultural teaching can be challenging when it
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JFT2 Task 1 A1 The two motivational theories the board members Bill Bailey and Scott Parker should employ to motivate and support or oppose the merger between the Utah Symphony and the Utah Opera are McClelland’s Need Theory and Adam’s Equity Theory. Bill Bailey the highest ranking officer as chairman of the Utah Opera board is tasked with conducting business in an orderly fashion. As chairman‚ it is Bill’s job to lead the other board members from varying points of view or decisions to making
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modern‚ and civilized. Being able to read and write are the only things that make people smart. In this chapter‚ Gee explains that being “smart” or literate does not add up to one’s personal value by explaining the differences and similarities between power and literacy‚ he gives examples of people who are illiterate but very intelligent‚ and giving us statistics‚ research and evidence. Gee tells us he believes that someones value is not at all defined by how well they read or write. “Plato believed
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Minstrel Shows and Hip-Hop the Degradation of the African American Culture For the y2k generation‚ Hip-Hop Music has been the center of popularity and interest. In the late 1800’s Minstrel shows served the same purpose. Throughout the various generations music and theatre have had a large impact throughout the community. However this impact is not always positive. What was originated as positive became negative very quickly. The minstrel show‚ which was originally intended to be harmless
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most interesting topic for me that was brought up in week one was vernacular language. “A vernacular variety of language is the form of language people use in their “everyday” lives when they are not speaking as specialists of experts of any sort.” (Gee & Hayes‚ 2011‚ p. 8). Learning about vernacular language led me to think about and explore the different ways language can change depending on factors such as a social setting‚ social class or geographical location. Another topic covered in week one
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my Mom being a huge influence. She was and still is a horse trainer and breeder. I wanted a horse that I could purchase with my money‚ train‚ and show without the help of my Mom. That horse came about in 2000. She was a two year old paint mare named GEE TEE Dunn It. I immediately began training her for competition. It took years of determination‚ and sometimes frustration‚ to get her ready to compete. We finally got our day to show off everything we had worked so hard for. It was the first horse show
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Title: “McGee & Ryan Cases – Unenumerated rights – discuss?” Student Name: Ciara Sheehan Word Count (inclusive of footnotes but exclusive of bibliography): 1247 McGee & Ryan Cases – Unenumerated rights – discuss? Introduction: Unenumerated rights are ‘Rights that are not expressly mentioned in the text of a Constitution but instead are inferred from the language‚ history‚ and structure of the Constitution‚ or cases interpreting it.1’ Articles 40-44 recognise guarantee and protect
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Financing Mushroom Growing and Manufacturing in Uganda GEE Group 40 Mukasa Godfrey‚ Lenita Pepa‚ and Tim Fahey. Contents 1.0. Business Concept Proposal o o o o 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Goal 1.3. Basic overview of the plan 1.4. Objectives 2.0. Justification o 2.1. Target Group o 2.2. Location o 2.3. Product 3.0. About Vision for Hope Women Link (VFHWL) 4.0. Implementation o o o o o o o o 4.1. VFHWL’s role 4.2. Sourcing Materials 4.3. Construction 4.4. Application
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