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ERIC Number: EJ1258769
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 15
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ISSN: EISSN-2227-7102
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"Keep Walls Down Instead of Up": Interrogating Writing/Making as a Vehicle for Black Girls' Literacies
Brownell, Cassie J.
Education Sciences, v10 Article 159 2020
Drawing on data generated following the 2016 United States presidential election, in this article the author considers how a classroom makerspace made Black girls' literacies visible in new ways. During a six-week integrated humanities unit in a third-grade public school classroom in the Midwestern U.S., four Black girls used making to create a space for themselves to collaboratively make sense of contemporary (im)migration issues. In the findings, the author provides two analytic snapshots to illustrate how the girls' making exemplified the six components of the Black Girls' Literacies Framework--an asset-oriented framing that highlights how Black girls' literacies are (1) multiple, (2) connected to identities that are (3) historical, (4) collaborative, (5) intellectual, and (6) political/critical (Muhammad & Haddix, 2016). In closing, the author offers provocations for educational researchers and practitioners to consider, as they facilitate school-based opportunities for Black girls' literacies to be made visible through making.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Grade 3; Primary Education
Audience: Researchers; Practitioners
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