Introducing Literacy to Four Year Olds: Creating Classroom Cultures in Three Schools

Autor/inn/en	Gregory, Eve; Williams, Ann; Baker, Dave; Street, Brian
Titel	Introducing Literacy to Four Year Olds: Creating Classroom Cultures in Three Schools
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 4 (2004) 1, S.85-107 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-7984
DOI	10.1177/1468798404041457
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Foreign Countries; Social Class; National Curriculum; Literacy; Equal Education; Disadvantaged; Teacher Role; Cultural Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Lehrerrolle; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss
Abstract	A principal aim of the National Curriculum in England was to ensure equality of opportunity for all children, regardless of race or social class. This aim was strengthened through the introduction of the National Literacy Strategy 10 years later which set out to standardize not just the literacy curriculum itself but also the materials and methods used to teach it. But are children living in very different economic circumstances really given equal access to literacy during their first year in school? This article first uses insights from the work of Bourdieu on the economic, social and cultural capital or resources possessed by families and Bernstein on different curricula and pedagogic discourse to explain why some children are likely to have more success than others in making sense of classroom learning. It then goes on to argue that neither theory can fully account for children's progress and shows how one teacher creates a particular culture with her class that defies existing paradigms of social class, capital and early school success. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10