The Implications of the New Literacy Studies for the New South Africa
Abstract
This paper relates some of the developments in what has come to be called the "New Literacy Studies" in recent years to some of the debates currently taking place regarding the role of literacy and education in the new South Africa. The conceptual apparatus that is becoming familiar in the New Literacy Studies, and some of the problems it has raised, will be outlined. The paper will then consider the implications of viewing literacy in this way for some current issues in South Africa, notably the debate over mother tongue literacy, the role of literacy in education courses and the issue of access to dominant literacy.
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In hierdie referaat word sommige van die ontwikkelinge op die terrein van wat in die laaste tyd die sogenaamde "Nuwe studie van geletterdheid" genoem word, gekontekstualiseer binne huidige diskussiepunte random die rol van geletterdheid en opvoeding in die nuwe Suid-Afrika. Benewens 'n uiteensetting van die toenemend gebruiklike konseptuele raamwerk vir die nuwe studie van geletterdheid, sal daar ook gelet word op sommige van die probleme wat deur 'n dergelike konseptuele raamwerk opgewerp word. Vervolgens sal die implikasies van 'n dergelike beskouing van geletterdheid vir sommige aktuele kwessies in Suid-Afrika bekyk word: die debat oor moedertaalgeletterdheid, die rol van geletterdheid in onderwyskursusse en die kwessie van toegang tot die heersende of dominante geletterdheid.
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