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Transience and Literacy. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Oct 2008, Pages: 240
This book is based on a qualitative case study that
uses Vygotskian sociocultural theory and Freirean
critical theory to explore the perspectives of
elementary teachers on the impact of transience on
literacy. The teachers’ stories highlight how the
literacy achievement and the life chances of many
economically disadvantaged, linguistic, and racial
minority students are being curtailed and threatened
by frequent, non-routine, non-grade promotional
school changes. The teachers perceived that
transience has a deleterious effect on the oral
language, reading, and writing development of
students in elementary schools with high levels of
transience. The study reveals both the macro and the
micro-level dynamics of transient students' language
and literacy learning and demonstrates that the
schooling and literacy education of transient
students is a social and political issue, and a
matter of social justice for those who have little
and need much more. The study presents a number of
specific recommendations to respond to the challenges
associated with the perceived negative impact of
transience on literacy.
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