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Peer reviewedDyson, Anne Haas – Harvard Educational Review, 2003
An ethnographic study of African American first graders showed how their use of media material is linked to family and community memberships. Storytelling and play involved recontextualization (borrowing, translating, retelling) of the material. Context shaped their participation in school literacy practices. (Contains 70 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Children, Elementary Education, Grade 1
Peer reviewedDyson, Anne Haas – Harvard Educational Review, 1996
Describes children's participating in dramatic play activities that are teacher or peer governed. Illustrates children's use of cultural symbols as material for story construction and social affiliation. Argues for a literacy curriculum in which cultural symbols are open to critical examination. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Children, Dramatic Play, Ethnography, Mass Media
Peer reviewedDyson, Anne Haas – Harvard Educational Review, 1987
The author analyzes primary students' spontaneous, unsanctioned talk in the classroom and argues that these interactions can become occasions for engaging in intellectually demanding tasks. Drawing upon two years of research in an urban elementary school, she reviews accomplishments of children who, without explicit directions, collaborated to…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Imagination, Intellectual Development, Peer Relationship
