Situated literacy practices amongst artisans in the South West of Nigeria: developmental and pedagogical implication
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Ade-Ojo, Gordon O., Adeyeye, Mike and Fagbohun, F. (2012) Situated literacy practices amongst artisans in the South West of Nigeria: developmental and pedagogical implication. In: International Perspectives on Education. BCES Conference Books (10). Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, Sofia, Bulgaria, pp. 105-110. ISBN 978-954-92908-1-3
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This paper reports an aspect of a larger study on literacy practices, needs and perceptions of artisans in a part of the South West region of Nigeria. Using an ethnographic approach to research, it identified a variety of literacy practices, events and mediums, thus confirming the notion of literacy as social practice. The study employed a modified form of ethnographic research which was specifically designed for this study, a density of literacy practices approach to ethnographic research, data was collected through a mixture of observation, participation and a series of interviews and dialogues. The data were subjected to qualitative and quantitative analysis which enabled a range of themes and distributional patterns to emerge. It concludes by highlighting implications for governance and pedagogy.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Additional Information: | [1] 10th BCES Annual Conference, Conference Book, [2] This paper appears in Part 1: Comparative Education & History of Education |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | situated literacy, literacy practices, density of literacy practices, ethnographic research, perspectives on literacy |
| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education |
| School / Department / Research Groups: | School of Education School of Education > Department of Lifelong Learning & Teacher Education |
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| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2012 15:58 |
| URI: | http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/8325 |
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