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ERIC Number: EJ642760
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
"The Way I Look at the World": Imaginal Interaction and Literacy Use at TeenStreet.
Worthman, Christopher
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v45 n6 p458-68 Mar 2002
Explores the nature of writing done by an inner-city teen theater ensemble and shows one teenager's changing understanding of literacy. Describes how the teenagers in the ensemble came to see writing as a mediational means that could be used not only to make sense of their own lives but also to share that sense making with others. (SG)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Inner City, Interpersonal Relationship, Literacy, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes, Tales, Theater Arts, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Literacy as a Social Process