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No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Sérgio Gomes de Miranda - 2016.pdf: 8637378 bytes, checksum: 6eeab5ea7bd819bbe01773be72404775 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-09 / This is a nature ethnographic study, produced at a public state school, located in Senador Canedo, with the objective to investigate the conception of language, the literacies and the interdisciplinarity posts in the speeches and teaching practices. His/her participants are eight teachers from different disciplines, working in the evening shift, in high school. The field comprises a period of ten months, since the meetings with the management, coordination and with the teachers of the school, that occurring in the early of January 2015, until the recording of the last interview with the participants, that occurring in the end of October 2015. Its theoretical framework related works from various fields interested in reflecting on the paradigm shift in science in general, and particularly in language studies. Its theoretical framework weaves the critical network of ideologies that cooperate with each other to build the Westerner-European epistemic stabilizer language project. This research seeks to sharp your objectives to the postmodern perspective that intent on building an anti-hegemonic agenda for thinking and doing research in the sciences in general and linguistic studies in particular. For the co-production of the data were used the Questionnaire, the Note-Direct and Semi-Structured Interview. The interaction and analysis of co-produced data revealed that is active in the school an arena of power that located, on the one hand, the system and its constraints to school and to teachers and, on the other hand, the speeches and teaching practices, to adhere to the system or to subversion of this system. Were used as Analysis Categories: Borders; Continuum; Subversive Teaching. As a summary of the analyzes produced, this research found that, despite the unfamiliarity with the concept and the literacies practices, the teacher-participants produce experiences of ideological literacies in their teaching practices. Though the teachers possess greater theoretical depth practice about the notion of interdisciplinarity, even with many constraints that act as inhibitors of the interaction teachers within the school, they assume the risk to produce interdisciplinary experiences. Anyway, it was possible analyze that, even in their speeches are identified traits of modern ideology that understands the language stabilized in the code, in its grammatical structure; in their speeches and in their practices the teacher-participants showed that none of them is failing of the your role to propose to your learners practice of the reading and of the writing texts, as a way to help them to think critically about the language and about your role of symbolic mediation for learning in various branches of knowledge. This time, the teachers revealed that their conception of language and its practices are no longer hegemonic linked to modernity; but are in a field of contradiction: sometimes even tuned to modernity in its stabilizing ideology of language in the code and the grammatical classifications; sometimes even tuned to the anti-hegemonic schedule advocated in this research, a qualitative and ethical proposal of the beholder in education and school a privileged locus to face the challenges presented to us global / locally situated. It is, therefore, a school route at the paradigmatic transformation. / Este é um estudo de cunho etnográfico, produzido em uma escola pública estadual, situada em Senador Canedo, com o objetivo de investigar as concepções de linguagem, os letramentos e a interdisciplinaridade postos nos discursos e nas práticas docentes. Seus/suas participantes foram oito docentes, de distintas disciplinas, que atuavam no turno vespertino, no ensino médio. O campo compreende a um período de dez meses, desde as reuniões com a gestão, a coordenação e com o corpo docente da escola, que ocorreram no início do mês de janeiro de 2015, até a gravação da última entrevista com os/as participantes, que aconteceu no final do mês de outubro de 2015. Seu arcabouço teórico relaciona trabalhos de diversos campos interessados em refletir acerca da mudança paradigmática nas ciências em geral, sobretudo, nos estudos da linguagem. Seu referencial teórico tece a crítica à rede de ideologias que constitui o projeto epistêmico ocidentalista-europeu estabilizador da linguagem. Esta pesquisa afina seus objetivos à perspectiva pós-moderna, que intenciona a construção de uma agenda anti-hegemônica para pensar e fazer a pesquisa nas ciências em geral e nos estudos linguísticos em particular. Para a coprodução dos dados foram utilizados o Questionário, a Observação-Direta e a Entrevista Semiestruturada. A interação e a análise dos dados construídos revelaram que é ativa na escola uma arena de poderes que situa, de um lado, o sistema e suas imposições à escola e aos/às docentes e, de outro lado, os discursos e as práticas docentes, como adesão ao sistema ou como subversão a esse sistema. Foram utilizadas como Categorias de Análise: Fronteiras; Continuum; e Docência Subversiva. Como síntese das análises produzidas, esta pesquisa identificou que, apesar da não familiaridade com o conceito e com as práticas de letramentos, os/as professores/as participantes produzem experiências de letramentos ideológicos em suas ações docentes. Embora os/as docentes possuam maior profundidade teórica que prática quanto à noção de interdisciplinaridade, mesmo com muitos condicionantes que atuam como inibidores das interações docentes dentro da escola, eles/as assumem o risco de produzir experiências interdisciplinares. Enfim, foi possível analisar que, mesmo que em seus discursos sejam identificados traços da ideologia moderna, que compreende a linguagem/língua estabilizada no código, na sua estrutura gramatical, em seus discursos e em suas práticas os/as docentes participantes também demostraram que nenhum/a deles/as se exime do seu papel de propor aos/às seus/suas aprendizes práticas de leitura e de escrita de textos, como uma forma de ajudá-los/as a pensar criticamente a linguagem e seu papel de mediação simbólica para a aprendizagem nos mais diversos ramos do saber. Desta feita, os/as docentes revelaram que sua concepção de linguagem e suas práticas não estão mais hegemonicamente atreladas à modernidade; mas sim, estão no campo da contradição: ora ainda afinadas à modernidade, em sua ideologia estabilizadora da linguagem; ora afinadas à agenda anti-hegemônica defendida nesta pesquisa, como uma proposta qualitativa e ética, de quem vê na educação e na escola um lócus privilegiado para o enfrentamento aos desafios que se nos apresentam global/localmente situados. Tem-se, assim, uma escola no percurso da transformação paradigmática.

Esta pesquisa lançou mão da autoetnografia, viés metodológico que transita entre a etnografia e a autobiografia, por meio de observações e auto-observações, para investigar em que medida as teorias de Letramentos (KALANTZIS; COPE 2000, 2008a, LANKSHEAR; KNOBEL, 2003, 2006, 2013, KRESS, 2003, 2010, GEE, 2004) se adequam ou não ao ensino de inglês nos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental-I público, em uma escola da periferia do município de Osasco, na grande São Paulo. Buscou-se, assim, analisar uma proposta pedagógico-educacional orientada pelas referidas teorias, elaborada pelo pesquisador e implementada na escola investigada. O foco de observação e análise foi o desenvolvimento do senso crítico, no que tange aos alunos, e também as estratégias para o ensino de inglês e a atuação do professor-pesquisador nesta proposta. Objetivou-se examinar as epistemologias relacionadas às visões de ensino de língua deste contexto, bem como problematizar outras maneiras de se abordar o ensino da língua inglesa de forma crítica que levassem em conta as características específicas dos indivíduos e do contexto investigado. Considerando-se a existência de graves problemas, tais como a escassez de recursos didáticos e tecnológicos, a falta de espaços adequados para as práticas pedagógicas, o número excessivo de alunos por sala de aula e diversas outras questões de ordem econômica e social, a hipótese levantada é que tais fatores não seriam impedimentos para o desenvolvimento de práticas com um enfoque mais situado, promovendo um ensino plural, pautado na diversidade presente na escola pública, a fim de promover a agência dos alunos e uma educação mais crítica. Constatou-se, a partir da literatura consultada e da análise das orientações curriculares municipais, que as habilidades tradicionalmente trabalhadas no Ensino Fundamental-I público não levam em conta os novos paradigmas da comunicação e da educação. Além disso, a análise dos dados demonstrou haver certa desatualização pedagógica no campo investigado, bem como uma distância entre as práticas observadas e as orientações curriculares que existem atualmente. Finalmente, a tese defendida neste trabalho é a de que, para o desenvolvimento de propostas pedagógico-educacionais orientadas pelas teorias de Letramentos no Ensino Fundamental-I público, é importante considerar, sobretudo, o contexto dos sujeitos, da escola e da comunidade em que as práticas ocorrem. Acrescenta-se que o emprego de recursos de tecnologia digital não é imprescindível para o desenvolvimento da cidadania, da agência e da diversidade no contexto investigado. / This research resorted to autoethnography as a methodological perspective that transits across the ethnography and the biography, through observations and selfobservations, in order to investigate to what extent Literacies theories (KALANTZIS; COPE 2000, 2008a, LANKSHEAR; KNOBEL, 2003, 2006, 2013, KRESS, 2003, 2010, GEE, 2004) suit or not the teaching of English in the early years of Elementary School, in a school located in the outskirts of Osasco, in São Paulo. The study looked at a pedagogical/educational proposal guided by the referred theories, developed by the researcher and implemented in the aforementioned school. The focus of the analysis was the development of the critical sense, as regards the students; the strategies for the teaching of English; and the performance of the teacher/researcher in this proposal. Some of the main objectives were to examine the epistemologies related to the conceptions of language teaching in this context and to problematize other manners to approach the English language teaching in a critical way in view of the peculiar characteristics of the individuals and the field. Considering the existence of serious issues, such as the lack of didactical and technological resources, the lack of suitable spaces for the pedagogical practices, the large number of students per class and several other economic and social problems, the working hypothesis assumes that these issues do not impede the development of situated practices. These practices aimed to develop a plural teaching based on the diversity that takes place in the public school in order to promote the students\' agency and a critical education. Based on the theoretical framework consulted and the municipal curricular guidelines, the study verified that the skills traditionally worked in Elementary School do not take into account the new paradigms of communication and education. The data analysis demonstrated that the field was pedagogically outdated. Besides, there was a certain distance between the observed practices and the current curricular guidelines. Finally, we came to the conclusion that in order to develop pedagogical/educational proposals guided by Literacy theories in public Elementary School it is important to consider the context of the individuals as well as the context of the school and the community where the practices occur. Also, in the context investigated the use of digital technologies is not indispensable in order to develop concepts such as citizenship, agency and diversity.

Submitted by Celso Magalhaes (celsomagalhaes@ufrrj.br) on 2018-09-19T12:36:35Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017 - Veronica Damasceno de Souza Feitoza.pdf: 2782036 bytes, checksum: c536de687b019541962aed082056c5ad (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-19T12:36:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017 - Veronica Damasceno de Souza Feitoza.pdf: 2782036 bytes, checksum: c536de687b019541962aed082056c5ad (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-26 / IFPA - Campus Castanhal / Technical Professional Education projects in Brazil have always been focused on meeting the interests of economic market and aimed at workers as a compensatory training for those who would not have access to higher education, without taking into account their needs as subjects and citizens. Decree 5,154 / 04, while more recent legislation aimed at this stage of Basic Education, despite also being influenced by economic interests, advances in the sense of allowing Technical Professional Education to be offered in the modality Integrated to High School under the articulation of the axes Work, Science, Technology and Culture (BRASIL, 2007). Thus, it is intended that the pedagogical practices of the curricular components for this modality of education surpass the purely technical knowledge for a practice with sights to the broad formation of the subjects. The Curriculum Guidelines for Higher Education (CGHE) in the section on Foreign Languages suggest that the teaching practices of this curricular component should be based on Critical Literacies Theories in order that such practices become the means for the development of a sense of citizenship, creative, critical and open mind (BRAZIL, 2006), in short, knowledge that equips subjects to deal with the current context of constant change and diverse subjects. In this way, this research has sought to investigate in what ways, when they are based on theories of Critical Literacies, the teaching practices in English Language classes - EL - of the Technical Course in Farming Integrated to High School can better contribute to the integral formation of the students of the IFPA ? Castanhal Campus, as advocated by the pertinent legislation. The data collected comes from participant observation and audio recording of EL classes during the execution of a didactic sequence elaborated by me as a researcher teacher, based on these theoretical principles and using authentic multimodal texts. Theoretical studies and research have shown that pedagogical practices guided by Critical Literacies principles can contribute to an education beyond linguistic instrumentation and job market preparation by encouraging students to read themselves and the world critically / Os projetos de Educa??o Profissional T?cnica no Brasil sempre estiveram voltados para atender aos interesses do mercado econ?mico e destinados aos trabalhadores como uma forma??o compensat?ria para aqueles que n?o teriam acesso ao ensino superior, sem levar em conta suas necessidades enquanto sujeitos e cidad?os. O Decreto 5.154/04, enquanto legisla??o mais recente voltada para essa etapa da educa??o B?sica, apesar de tamb?m sofrer influ?ncias de interesses econ?micos, avan?a no sentido de permitir que a Educa??o Profissional T?cnica seja ofertada na modalidade Integrada ao Ensino M?dio sob a articula??o dos eixos Trabalho, Ci?ncia, Tecnologia e Cultura (BRASIL, 2007). Dessa forma, objetiva-se que as pr?ticas pedag?gicas dos componentes curriculares para essa modalidade de ensino superem os conhecimentos puramente t?cnicos para uma pr?tica com vistas ? forma??o ampla dos sujeitos. As Orienta??es Curriculares para o Ensino M?dio ? OCEM ?, na se??o destinada ?s L?nguas Estrangeiras sugerem que as pr?ticas de ensino desse componente curricular sejam embasadas nas Teorias dos Letramentos Cr?ticos com a finalidade de que tais pr?ticas tornemse meios para o desenvolvimento de senso de cidadania, mente aberta, criativa e cr?tica (BRASIL, 2006), enfim, conhecimentos que equipem os sujeitos para lidarem com o contexto atual de mudan?as constantes e sujeitos diversificados. Dessa forma, esta pesquisa buscou investigar de que modos, ao serem balizadas nas teorias dos Letramentos Cr?ticos, as pr?ticas docentes em aulas de l?ngua inglesa ? LI ? do Curso T?cnico em Agropecu?ria Integrado ao Ensino M?dio podem melhor contribuir para a forma??o integral dos alunos do IFPA ? Campus Castanhal, como preconizam as legisla??es pertinentes. Os dados coletados prov?m de observa??o participante e grava??o de ?udio das aulas de LI durante a execu??o de uma sequ?ncia did?tica elaborada por mim, enquanto professora pesquisadora, com base nesses princ?pios te?ricos e utilizando textos multimodais aut?nticos. Os estudos te?ricos e a investiga??o demonstraram que pr?ticas pedag?gicas direcionadas por princ?pios dos Letramentos Cr?ticos podem contribuir com uma forma??o para al?m da instrumenta??o lingu?stica e a prepara??o para o mercado de trabalho por estimularem os alunos a lerem a si mesmos e ao mundo criticamente

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo investigar de que maneira a internet pode contribuir para o ensino de italiano como língua estrangeira, por meio da análise da produção escrita dos alunos de um curso com enfoque cultural, da sua participação no blog do curso e dos questionários respondidos. O estudo fundamenta-se em três bases teóricas: a hipótese da interação de Long (1981), na linguística aplicada à aquisição de línguas, os estudos sobre as Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TICs) aplicadas ao ensino de línguas, e os estudos sobre Letramentos Digitais. A pesquisa é longitudinal, baseada em uma abordagem qualitativa, e o método utilizado é o estudo de caso. Os dados foram obtidos a partir um curso de cultura italiana, elaborado e ministrado por nós em 2013, junto aos cursos extracurriculares de língua e cultura italianas do Italiano no Campus, oferecidos pela Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo. A proposta do curso era realizar uma viagem virtual pela Itália, sua língua e sua cultura, utilizando a internet durante as aulas e fora delas. Além disso, criamos um blog coletivo que contou com a participação dos alunos do curso. Todos os participantes eram imigrantes digitais, segundo o termo proposto por Prensky (2001), que possuíam variados níveis linguísticos e de letramentos digitais. Os dados da pesquisa são formados pelos questionários respondidos pelos participantes do curso, pelos rascunhos e versões originais dos textos, pelos posts e comentários publicados pelos alunos no blog, por alguns e-mails escritos pelos alunos e por algumas mudanças nos próprios alunos que constatamos durante a pesquisa. Em relação à produção textual dos participantes, a análise feita apontou as seguintes contribuições da utilização da internet e do blog: aumento de vocabulário devido ao input oferecido, maior agilidade na escrita e maior facilidade em se expressar em italiano. A análise sinalizou que o nível de letramentos digitais do aluno possibilita uma maior ou menor participação no blog, mas não é um fator determinante. É preciso levar em conta a preferência pelas habilidades orais ou escritas, a importância atribuída à escrita na aprendizagem, as expectativas em relação ao curso, a idade, e o perfil independente ou autônomo do aluno em relação à aprendizagem. Os resultados apontaram mudanças na autonomia dos alunos, sugerindo um caso particular de autonomia: o aprender a aprender com a internet. Outro resultado observado foi uma maior utilização da internet e dos recursos tecnológicos nos estudos de italiano por parte dos alunos. / This research aims to investigate how the Internet can contribute to the teaching of Italian as a foreign language, through the analysis of the digital writing of students from a course with a focus on culture, of their participation in the blog of this course, as well as from questionnaires answered by them. The study is based on three theoretical frameworks: Longs Interaction Hypothesis (1981), in Applied Linguistics and Language Acquisition, studies on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Language Teaching, and studies on Digital Literacies. The research is longitudinal, based on a qualitative approach, and the method used is the case study. Data were obtained from a course in Italian culture, developed and taught by us in 2013, along with the extracurricular courses of Italian language and culture of the Italian on Campus, offered by the Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Literature, and Human Sciences (FFLCH) of the University of São Paulo. The purpose of the course was to conduct a virtual journey through Italy, its language and culture, using the Internet during the lessons and outside them. In addition, we have created a collective blog that featured the participation of the students of the course. The participants were all digital immigrants, according to the term proposed by Prensky (2001), who presented different levels of linguistic and digital literacies. The survey data are formed by questionnaires answered by the participants of the course, by drafts and original versions of the texts produced by them, by their posts and comments published on the blog, by a few e-mails written by them, and by our evaluation of changes in the students concerning the use of Internet and some other aspects observed during the course. Regarding the textual production of the participants, the analysis pointed out the following contributions from the use of the Internet and the blog: increase of vocabulary due to the input offered, greater agility in writing, and more ease in expressing themselves in Italian. The analysis indicated that the level of digital literacies of students enables them to a greater or lesser participation in the blog, but it is not a determining factor. It is necessary also to take into account the preference for oral or written skills, the importance ascribed to the writing on learning, some expectations about the course, the age, and an independent or autonomous attitude of students towards learning. The results demonstrated changes in the autonomy of students, suggesting a particular case of autonomy: learning to learn from the Internet. Another result observed was the greater use of Internet and technological resources in Italian studies by the students.

Este trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar se universidades brasileiras aumentaram a carga horária e o número de disciplinas de tecnologia nas matrizes curriculares de seus cursos de Graduação em Relações Públicas, especialmente após a publicação das DCNs (Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais) de 2013. Para atingir o objetivo, além da revisão de literatura, foram realizados: mapeamento de todos os cursos de Graduação em RP oferecidos no Brasil; pesquisa qualitativa, por meio de entrevistas em profundidade com coordenadores de IES (Instituições de Ensino Superior); e pesquisa documental, em que foi realizada análise das matrizes curriculares de 10 universidades do Brasil e do exterior. Entende-se que a ruptura da linha divisória entre emissor e receptor, provocada especialmente pelo advento da Web, acelerou a velocidade das trocas de informações, o que impactou a atividade de Relações Públicas e, também, as IES, que precisaram se adaptar a uma nova realidade para formar seus estudantes. Com as DCNs do Curso de RP, publicadas no Diário Oficial da União do dia 1° de outubro de 2013, que apresentam atenção ampliada sobre aspectos relativos à tecnologia, aparentemente buscou-se integração com essas mudanças. Após selecionar 10 universidades pelos critérios de IGC (Índice Geral de Cursos) do Inep/MEC (Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira/Ministério da Educação) e de proporção de cursos por regiões do país, foram realizadas entrevistas com coordenadores de curso de Graduação em RP de universidades públicas e privadas para averiguar como o tema \"tecnologia\" é tratado em diferentes realidades brasileiras. Constatou-se, por meio dos procedimentos metodológicos utilizados, aumento considerável no número de disciplinas de tecnologia e, o mais importante, na carga horária dedicada ao tema, o que pode permitir ampliação de desenvolvimento de habilidades e competências (literacias digitais) para lidar com plataformas digitais. / The present study aims at evaluating whether Brazilian universities have increased their course load and number of technology subjects in the core curricula of their Undergraduate Public Relations course, mainly after the issue of the 2013 Curricular Guidelines in Upper-Level Education (DCNs). In order to accomplish its purpose, besides the review of the literature, it had been conducted the mapping of all Undergraduate courses of Public Relations available in Brazil; qualitative research by means of in-depth interviews with Higher Education Institutions (IES) coordinators; and document analysis where the core curricula of ten universities from Brazil and from abroad were analyzed. We understand that the rupture of the dividing line between transmitter and receiver, caused mainly by the advent of the Web, sped up information exchanges, which caused an impact on Public Relations activities as well as on the HEIs, which needed to adapt themselves to a new reality in order to educate their students. With the DCNs of the PR course, published in the Official Federal Gazette of October 1st, 2013, which provide a broad concern for aspects regarding technology, we seemingly searched for some integration with those changes. After choosing 10 universities pursuant to criteria of the General Index for Programs (IGC) of the Inep/MEC (National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira/Ministry of Education) and based on the ratio of courses according to the country\'s areas, interviews with Undergraduate courses of PR coordinators from public and private universities were conducted, in order to investigate how the subject \"technology\" is viewed in different Brazilian realities. Through methodological procedures, a significant increase of the number of technology subjects were verified, and most importantly, of the course load regarding the subject, which may allow the increase of development of skills and competencies (digital literacies) in order to deal with digital platforms.

A presente pesquisa apresenta uma investigação sobre as concepções de língua e cultura decorrentes dos discursos e das práticas de ensino de duas professoras de inglês da escola pública regular de ensino formal. Os registros desta investigação são analisados sob uma perspectiva metodológica qualitativo-interpretativa de caráter etnográfico (GEERTZ, 1978; ANDRÉ, 2008) e servem como insumos para a reflexão e discussão sobre o tema segundo a perspectiva das teorias educacionais dos novos letramentos e multiletramentos. Tais discussões levam em conta as mudanças da sociedade atual (COPE; KALANTZIS, 2000), a influência da globalização (BAUMAN, 1998; HALL, 1992; SUÁREZ-OROZCO, M.M. & QIN-HILLIARD, 2004), mudanças epistemológicas (LANKSHEAR; KNOBEL, 2003; MORIN, 2000; MONTE MÓR 2002, 2008, 2009a), e a ênfase no caráter educacional, cultural e crítico do ensino de línguas estrangeiras na educação formal (OCEM-LE, 2006). Diante das análises decorrentes das observações de aulas, das entrevistas e conversas informais com as professoras, dos questionários respondidos pelos alunos e da análise de documentos, pudemos identificar concepções que evidenciam elementos atribuídos a noções ditas tradicionais de conceber língua e cultura, ou seja, a língua como um sistema abstrato estrutural com base, principalmente, na gramática ou como uma ferramenta de comunicação. Cultura, por sua vez, apresenta-se sob a concepção antropológica e humanista, como um aspecto geralmente dissociado da língua. Identificamos, ainda, que ambas as professoras conhecem e estudam abordagens de ensino de línguas estrangeiras que abarcam concepções de língua e linguagem com viés sociocultural, sem contudo, parecer transpor ou se apropriar de tais concepções de maneira que mudem suas práticas de ensino. Tais evidências, contudo, não surgiram de maneira linear e homogênea, uma vez que as práticas pedagógicas e narrativas das professoras mostraram-se descontínuas e conflituosas. Ambas as professoras mostraram-se bastante preocupadas e comprometidas com o trabalho que realizam e com a contínua busca por tornar suas práticas significativas. / This research presents an investigation regarding the conceptions of language and culture identified in the speeches and teaching practices of two English teachers of formal education in public schools. The reports of this investigation are analyzed under the methodological standpoint of an interpretative-qualitative research, with ethnographic aspects (GEERTZ, 1978; ANDRE, 2008). It serves then as a starting point for a discussion about this theme from the perspective of the educational theories of new literacies and multiliteracies. This discussion takes into account the recent ongoing changes in society (COPE; KALANTZIS, 2000), the influence of globalization (BAUMAN, 1998; HALL, 1992; SUÁREZ-OROZCO, M.M. & QIN-HILLIARD, 2004), epistemological changes (LANKSHEAR; KNOBEL, 2003; MORIN, 2000; MONTE MÓR 2002, 2008, 2009a), and an emphasis on the educational, cultural, and critical aspects of foreign language teaching in formal education (OCEM-LE, 2006). Given the resulting analyzes of classroom observations, interviews and informal conversations with the teachers, questionnaires answered by students, and document analysis, we identified concepts that highlight elements assigned to the so-called traditional notions of language and culture. That is, language as an abstract structural system based mainly on grammar or as a tool of communication. Culture, in turn, is regarded in its anthropological and humanist sense, generally dissociated from language. We also found that both teachers know and study foreign language teaching approaches that encompass sociocultural concepts of language, however, seeming not to apply or relate these concepts to their own teaching practices in a way to transform them. Such indications, however, did not arise in a linear and homogeneous way, since the pedagogical practices and narratives of the teachers were discontinuous and conflicting. Both teachers were quite concerned and committed to their work and to the continuing search for making their practices meaningful.

Researchers have long argued the importance of shared book reading and its potential impact on future reading growth. With the increasing popularity of e-books and the introduction of interactive iPad books, more and more parents are sharing books with their children in digital format. This may have a direct impact on the nature of the interactions that occur during young children's early book sharing experiences. This multiple-case study examined the nature of the interactions between six mother-child dyads as they read a story on an iPad compared with the interactions that happened during a traditional book reading. A coding system was developed to categorize behaviors during the reading sessions. The categories included (a) meaning talk, (b) text and print talk, (c) technology talk, and (d) the nature of the affective climate.The results of this study indicate that mother-child traditional read-alouds and digital iPad read-alouds are different experiences. During digital readings there was an increase in the number of vocabulary-related (a subcategory of meaning) interactions but a decrease in the number of interactions related to text and print. The results also showed that as the dyad shared a digital storybook, they engaged in many interactions about the technological elements of the iPad texts, which may be important to the development of digital literacies in young children. The findings also indicate that a child is more engaged with digital texts than with traditional texts, which is important because engagement is an essential component in literacy development. However, sometimes the child's increased engagement with the digital texts resulted in both members of the dyad being less sensitive to the other. Digital storybook reading is a relatively new experience for many parents and thus, they may not know how to interact with their children in ways that promote the development of traditional and digital literacies.

This article considers the impact of new technologies on the adolescent experience of live, literary theatre. Drawing together the work of theorists in literacies, new technologies and audience studies, together with brain research, and the results of a focus group of four secondary students who have seen four plays at Canada’s National Arts Centre, it examines the consequences of young people’s immersion in digital culture and the new mindset that often results. The expectation of instant access to data, inter-connectivity, stimulation and control can make it difficult for adolescents to decode the metaphorical aspects of a theatrical performance. The article concludes that language arts and dramatic arts educators have a key role in teaching students how to decode—and therefore enjoy and appreciate— a play.

This case study was conducted in one elementary French-language school in Ontario with 1 administrator, 4 teachers and their culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students. Through the integration of bhabha’s (1994) notion of Third space, multiple literacies theory (Cummins, 2001; Masny 2009) and by drawing on interviews, observations, and students’ work samples, I conceptualise an alter(n)ative literacies framework to address growing diversity in French-language schools. The term alter(n)ative is developed to express the intertwined benefit of expanding traditional notions of literacy to include alternative language practices and the potential alter-ative effect of re-envisioning the resources children bring to their literacy and language development at school. This thesis argues that teachers can critically (re)interprete official policies concerning Frenchlanguage schools in order to effectively foster students’ alter(n)ative literacies development. In doing so, teachers affirm the plurality of students’ multiple identities as a foundation for their participation within evolving cosmopolitan franco-ontarian communities.

This case study was conducted in one elementary French-language school in Ontario with 1 administrator, 4 teachers and their culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students. Through the integration of bhabha’s (1994) notion of Third space, multiple literacies theory (Cummins, 2001; Masny 2009) and by drawing on interviews, observations, and students’ work samples, I conceptualise an alter(n)ative literacies framework to address growing diversity in French-language schools. The term alter(n)ative is developed to express the intertwined benefit of expanding traditional notions of literacy to include alternative language practices and the potential alter-ative effect of re-envisioning the resources children bring to their literacy and language development at school. This thesis argues that teachers can critically (re)interprete official policies concerning Frenchlanguage schools in order to effectively foster students’ alter(n)ative literacies development. In doing so, teachers affirm the plurality of students’ multiple identities as a foundation for their participation within evolving cosmopolitan franco-ontarian communities.