{"id":170,"date":"2021-07-27T06:50:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T10:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-contexts-practices-prof-barnes-fall-202\/?page_id=170"},"modified":"2021-09-27T17:01:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T21:01:06","slug":"week-6","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-contexts-practices-prof-barnes-fall-202\/week-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 6: Asian Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background-dim\" style=\"min-height:293px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This week\u2019s guiding questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-cf06e608-c31b-4f48-a18e-e28ea981d7c9\">How can we apply Szwed\u2019s and Baker\u2019s definitions of literacy as we study literacies of different cultures?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What can we learn about literacy and culture from exploring different cultural perspectives?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What can you contribute to this topic?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Activity 1<\/strong>: What do you know about the Asian culture and culture, and about Asians in America? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Activity 2<\/strong>: Watch &#8220;Why Do We Call Asian Americans The Model Minority?&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Do We Call Asian Americans The Model Minority? | AJ+\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PrDbvSSbxk8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Activity 3: Read &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-contexts-practices-prof-barnes-fall-202\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1824\/2021\/09\/Chinese-Immigrant-Parent-Perspectives.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">What Do Parents Think? Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Parents\u2019 Perspectives on Literacy Learning, Homework, and SchoolHome Communication<\/a>.&#8221; This is a longer piece so definitely take notes\/ annotate as you read. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-contexts-practices-prof-barnes-fall-202\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1824\/2021\/09\/Chinese-Immigrant-Parent-Perspectives.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Chinese-Immigrant-Parent-Perspectives<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Activity 4<\/strong>: Watch &#8220;The Struggles Of Being An Asian American&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Struggles Of Being An Asian American | Refinery29\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9E0_8KPvOt0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Activity 5<\/strong>: Take Quiz 3 on Blackboard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Activity 6<\/strong>: Work on your <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-contexts-practices-prof-barnes-fall-202\/2021\/09\/23\/oral-history-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oral History Project<\/a>. There is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-contexts-practices-prof-barnes-fall-202\/2021\/09\/23\/oral-history-project-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\">a resource site<\/a> waiting for you to post your questions or any ideas you have (optional). Submit your project on Blackboard by the end of this unit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Activity 7<\/strong>: Select research essay option and begin the journey. Visit our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/acr-150-literacy-in-american-society-contexts-practices-prof-barnes-fall-202\/2021\/09\/27\/research-essay-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\">resource site<\/a>, copy and paste the option you selected, and list the steps you will need to take to set this project in motion and to complete it. You can revisit this plan in October and revise it if needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background-dim wp-duotone-c7005a-fff278-2\" style=\"min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>Individual Research Paper (Choice of Methodology): 4-5 pages (20%)<br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Your essay draft is due by <strong>November <\/strong>9th, for peer review<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The final draft is due by Tuesday, November 23rd.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Save the dates! <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are your options. Read through them and select one of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Option 1: Ethnography of Community<br><\/strong>Students will conduct a mini-ethnography where they will observe individuals engaged in literacy practices (e.g., a Bible reading group; book club). Specifically, they will focus attention on the way that literacy is a tool that assists in the development of community, how communities create literacy practices, and the relationship between that community and identity formation (e.g., gender) and\/or hegemonic or counternarrative discourses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Option 2:<\/strong> <strong>Literacy Landscapes and Superdiversity: Literacy in the Community:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students will study a diverse community in New York City and explore the language employed in the local environment (e.g., signs in store windows) and consider a) the expected literacy and language demands of members of the community and b) the landscape\u2019s relationship to the concept of superdiversity. Analyses should focus on how language relates to identity, community, power, and\/or hegemonic or counternarrative discourse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Option 3:<\/strong> <strong>Literacy History Project <\/strong>For this paper, students will analyze how members of a particular minority community (e.g., indigenous groups in Northern United States) have been affected by the institutionalization of literacy in the United States. Students will examine scholarship that points to literacy practices within this community that are devalued or ignored by formal schooling while considering the strengths of the literacy practices of minority communities. You should also consider how minority communities have used the hegemonic tools of literacy practice to gain access to power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Option 4:<\/strong> <strong>Think-Aloud Experiential Study<\/strong> Students will conduct a mini-research project where they gather data about individuals\u2019 experiences with a particular literacy practices (e.g., the reading of a Supreme Court opinion addressing equality). Students will ask participants to engage in think-alouds about what they understand\/do not understand while reading; what they disagree with. In reflection, participants will then discuss their overall thoughts about the relationship between literacy their access to power by being able to comprehend and evaluate the reading. Students will analyze data and their relationship to identity, community, and\/or hegemonic or counternarrative discourses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Option 5: Analyses of Literacy Tests<br><\/strong>With&nbsp; or without a partner, students will distribute a historic literacy test to at least five adults. As we will discuss in class, post-Civil War, many states required adults to pass a literacy test to be eligible to vote (with the explicit purpose of limiting voting access of African-American voters). Students will ask these individuals to take the literacy test. After the participants finish the test, students will ask participants to discuss their reactions to\/experiences with taking the literacy test (e.g., did they feel there was cultural bias in the way the literacy test was structured). 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