Singaporean Boys Constructing Global Literate Selves through Their Reading Practices In and Out of School.
This article examines how three Singaporean boys constructed their identities as global literate citizens through their reading practices in and out of school. An invisible network of resources contributed to their construction of a global literate identity relevant for local-global markets. The acq...
| Publicado en: | Anthropology & Education Quarterly Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 38 - 58 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2013
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| Sumario: | This article examines how three Singaporean boys constructed their identities as global literate citizens through their reading practices in and out of school. An invisible network of resources contributed to their construction of a global literate identity relevant for local-global markets. The acquisition of a global literate identity as a form of intercultural capital is an unequal game in a neoliberal education system and social networks must be recognized as key nodes for literacy revision. |
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