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"If You Don't Read, It Is Like You Don't Exist": The Transformative Power Of Critical Literacy At An Alternative Charter High School, Jesse Sage Noonan
"If You Don't Read, It Is Like You Don't Exist": The Transformative Power Of Critical Literacy At An Alternative Charter High School, Jesse Sage Noonan
LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this youth participatory action research (YPAR) project was to challenge the pedagogy of traditional literacy instruction for low-income Latino/a students, particularly the overuse of scripted curricula and standardized tests mandated through the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. Twelve student participants served as co-teachers and co-researchers as they created, implemented, and evaluated a critical literacy class based on the theoretical frameworks of critical pedagogy and critical literacy and the methodology of youth participatory action research (YPAR).
The YPAR Critical Literacy Group and research took place at one of a network of small, independent-study alternative schools called Future …