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“Be a Voice, Not an Echo”: Understanding the Urban Youth Call for High School Literacy Reform

McClary, Nancy Hill
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1304970452

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2011, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, EDU Policy and Leadership.
More literacy research is needed on what motivates urban high school students to write and engage in language arts learning. The three focus areas addressed in this research are (1) urban adolescent language arts literacy learning experiences, (2) youth perspectives about literacy and its link to student achievement, and (3) youth motivations to write. This qualitative methodology investigation is framed within a constructivist paradigm to capture the realities of writing motivation and literacy learning as perceived by eight urban schooled students. The research represents a collective case study that is based on student participants in a multimedia writing camp setting. The research question is: “What student perspectives about literacy learning and academic achievement further explain motivation and engagement and the call for high school literacy reform?” This study is informed by expectancy-value theory of motivation and a qualitative line of inquiry grounded in the sociocultural theory on literacy perspective. Qualitative data was gathered in the form of reflective narratives, interview transcripts, and behavior survey write-in comments.
Bruce Tuckman, PhD (Advisor)
Anika Anthony, PhD (Committee Member)
Antoinette Miranda, PhD (Committee Member)
221 p.
African Americans; Curriculum Development; Education; Educational Psychology; Language Arts; Literacy; Psychology; Secondary Education; Teaching
Urban youth; high school language arts; literacy reform; education; student voices; qualitative study; student narratives; classroom realities; motivation; engagement

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  • McClary, N. H. (2011). “Be a Voice, Not an Echo”: Understanding the Urban Youth Call for High School Literacy Reform [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1304970452

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McClary, Nancy. “Be a Voice, Not an Echo”: Understanding the Urban Youth Call for High School Literacy Reform. 2011. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1304970452.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McClary, Nancy. "“Be a Voice, Not an Echo”: Understanding the Urban Youth Call for High School Literacy Reform." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1304970452

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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