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TY - JOUR
T1 - Youth workers as literacy mediators
T2 - supporting young people's learning about institutional literacy practices
AU - Papen, Uta
AU - Theriault, Virginie
N1 - This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Papen, Uta & Thériault, Virginie. (2016). Youth Workers as Literacy Mediators: Supporting Young People's Learning About Institutional Literacy Practices. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, doi: 10.1002/jaal.545 which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jaal.545/abstract This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
PY - 2016/9
Y1 - 2016/9
N2 - This article examines the role of youth workers as literacy mediators: people who help others with written texts. Drawing on a secondary analysis of data from a qualitative study conducted in Quebec (Canada), it discusses situations in which staff from a community-based organization helped young people with written texts such as bureaucratic letters or forms. Such institutional literacy practices were found to be stressful and difficult, but were crucial for the young people’s ability to access resources and opportunities. Literacy mediation, contrary to what other studies have shown, offers important opportunities for literacy learning. The youth workers were able to counter the negative emotions dominant literacy practices often provoked and in so doing helped young people develop greater confidence and ability to deal with such literacy practices in a more informed and empowered way.
AB - This article examines the role of youth workers as literacy mediators: people who help others with written texts. Drawing on a secondary analysis of data from a qualitative study conducted in Quebec (Canada), it discusses situations in which staff from a community-based organization helped young people with written texts such as bureaucratic letters or forms. Such institutional literacy practices were found to be stressful and difficult, but were crucial for the young people’s ability to access resources and opportunities. Literacy mediation, contrary to what other studies have shown, offers important opportunities for literacy learning. The youth workers were able to counter the negative emotions dominant literacy practices often provoked and in so doing helped young people develop greater confidence and ability to deal with such literacy practices in a more informed and empowered way.
KW - literacy mediation
U2 - 10.1002/jaal.545
DO - 10.1002/jaal.545
M3 - Journal article
VL - 60
SP - 185
EP - 193
JO - Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy
JF - Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy
SN - 1081-3004
IS - 2
ER -