ERIC Number: EJ678300
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-7925
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"Watch mi eyes": The Predicament of Visual and Scribal Literacy Choices, as Explored with Rural Jamaican Adolescent Boys.
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Examines oral cultures in a world of literacy, assessment, and certification. Explores the oral youth culture of adolescent males in rural Jamaica. Utilizes an interactional sociolinguistical approach to document the young males sense-making strategies, which bypass scripted literacy as a means for learning and concentrates on oral and visual media literacy. (CAJ)
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Cultural Literacy, Cultural Traits, Culture, Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Males, Oral Tradition, Primary Education, Research Methodology, Rural Environment, Rural Population, Secondary Education, Sociolinguistics, Underachievement, Visual Literacy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Jamaica
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