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Pluralist perspectives of a literacy policy in the Western Cape Province
Thesis (MEd (Education Policy Studies))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.
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| author | Jacobs, Anthea Hydi Maxine |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/1730 Pluralist perspectives of a literacy policy in the Western Cape Province Jacobs, Anthea Hydi Maxine Van Wyk, B. University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Education. Dept. of Education Policy Studies. Constitutive meanings Transformative potential Dissertations -- Education policy studies Theses -- Education policy studies Western Cape Education Department LITNUM South Africa -- Education policy Literacy programmes -- South Africa -- Western Cape Literacy -- Government policy -- South Africa -- Western Cape Thesis (MEd (Education Policy Studies))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009. This thesis explores pluralist perspectives on literacy in the context of the Literacy and Numeracy (LITNUM) Strategy of the Western Cape Education Department. My argument is that we need to move beyond functional or technical conceptions of literacy towards a recognition of its transformative potential. That is, the concept of literacy needs to be stretched to incorporate pluralist perspectives in order to achieve developmental aspirations. Following a literature review approach, I construct three constitutive meanings of literacy, namely “cognitive skills”, “social context” and “development”, and I investigate how the LITNUM Strategy conforms to these constitutive meanings of literacy. My finding is that LITNUM is based on a constructivist learning theory. I caution that when understandings of learning theories are viewed exclusively from one perspective, literacy becomes “compacted”, and we miss out on important considerations of literacy and its transformative potential. I show that LITNUM discusses several social contextual factors related to literacy; a recognition of the impact of social issues on literacy. Regarding LITNUM’s concern with development, I conclude that both functional and critical literacy as important aspects of development are not sufficiently addressed. In a nutshell: LITNUM focuses on technical skills, which need to be balanced with the notion that literacy is a social act, and that it has the potential to transform societies. I propose a “literacy of thoughtfulness”, based on compassion, love and care. This proposition forms the basis for possible future research. Masters 2009-03-03T16:11:37Z 2010-06-01T08:31:44Z 2009-03-03T16:11:37Z 2010-06-01T08:31:44Z 2009-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1730 en University of Stellenbosch application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| spellingShingle | Constitutive meanings Transformative potential Dissertations -- Education policy studies Theses -- Education policy studies Western Cape Education Department LITNUM South Africa -- Education policy Literacy programmes -- South Africa -- Western Cape Literacy -- Government policy -- South Africa -- Western Cape Jacobs, Anthea Hydi Maxine Pluralist perspectives of a literacy policy in the Western Cape Province |
| title | Pluralist perspectives of a literacy policy in the Western Cape Province |
| title_full | Pluralist perspectives of a literacy policy in the Western Cape Province |
| title_fullStr | Pluralist perspectives of a literacy policy in the Western Cape Province |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pluralist perspectives of a literacy policy in the Western Cape Province |
| title_short | Pluralist perspectives of a literacy policy in the Western Cape Province |
| title_sort | pluralist perspectives of a literacy policy in the western cape province |
| topic | Constitutive meanings Transformative potential Dissertations -- Education policy studies Theses -- Education policy studies Western Cape Education Department LITNUM South Africa -- Education policy Literacy programmes -- South Africa -- Western Cape Literacy -- Government policy -- South Africa -- Western Cape |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1730 |
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