Developing Youth Literacies, Loving the Disciplines

The great literacy researcher Elizabeth Birr Moje of University of Michigan delivers this TED-style talk at an educational research conference.  She draws our attention to the legitimacy of young peoples’ literacies in and out of school and dispels the myth that literacy is a linear process of acquiring skills.  Literacy is not a skill, it’s a culture(s).

Mic drop, Dr. Moje.

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