Youth best-sellers: reading-writing practices and cultural appropriation

The best-selling literature is a social and cultural phenomenon which interest educators around the world. This investigation analyzes literacy practices and learning strategies developed by the young readers in relation to these books. Starting from a qualitative appro...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Polo Rojas, Néstor David
Format: Online
Language:Spanish
Published: Instituto para la Investigación Educativa y el Desarrollo Pedagógico, IDEP 2018
Subjects:
Online Access:https://revistas.idep.edu.co/index.php/educacion-y-ciudad/article/view/1959
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The best-selling literature is a social and cultural phenomenon which interest educators around the world. This investigation analyzes literacy practices and learning strategies developed by the young readers in relation to these books. Starting from a qualitative approach, and using an ethnographic methodology, this  article recovers the experiences and perceptions of Bogota ́s public school students, crossing them with testimonies of mediators, like editors and teachers, to understand the process of appropriation and development of competences derived from these "popular fictions"