To Incorporate Critical Place-Based Literacy into Science and Social Studies
Children already have place-based literacy to draw from in order to make connections. By connecting curriculum to local community issues, students are able to apply multiple ways of knowing to solve issues drawing from their place-based resources. Critical literacy allows for students to question and think critically challenging systems of oppression. Literacy as a social practice means that students “do” rather than “learn” about literacy. Using their literacy to solve real world problems that are meaningful and authentic to their physical context. |
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