Authenticity and Children's Engagement with Writing

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  • Shelley K Jones Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development East Africa

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.20360/G22C7J

Mots-clés :

Writing, Authenticity

Résumé

Authentic literacy activities engage children with meaningful reading and writing (Duke, Purcell-Gates, Hall, & Tower, 2006), but  little investigation has been conducted into the relationship of the kinds of writing children enjoy and the authenticity of the writing activity and experience. This paper reports findings from a study that investigates the question: How, if at all, does authenticity factor into kinds of writing that children like and/or dislike? Findings indicate that children enjoy writing that purposefully engages them with the real world, and is therefore authentic, and do not enjoy writing that they perceive as merely “school work”.  

Biographie de l'auteur-e

Shelley K Jones, Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development East Africa

Assistant Professor,

Gender, Equity and Inclusion

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2015-01-23

Comment citer

Jones, S. K. (2015). Authenticity and Children’s Engagement with Writing. Language and Literacy, 17(1), 63–82. https://doi.org/10.20360/G22C7J

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