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ERIC Number: EJ598957
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
Teenagers in New Times: A New Literacy Studies Perspective.
Gee, James Paul
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v43 n5 p412-20 Feb 2000
Argues that literacy is not a stand-alone mental ability but is inextricably connected to "identity work." Discusses the new kinds of workers and workplaces arising in the new capitalism. Examines discourse practices of middle school teenagers from different socioeconomic classes. Argues that the ways they use distinctive social languages have consequences for the changing nature of school, literacy, and society. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Discourse Analysis, Economic Factors, Educational Research, Literacy, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Politics of Education, Secondary Education, Social Attitudes, Social Change, Social Class, Social Influences, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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