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Literacy mediation as a form of powerful literacies in community-based organisations working with young people in a situation of precarity

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Literacy mediation as a form of powerful literacies in community-based organisations working with young people in a situation of precarity. / Theriault, Virginie.
In: Ethnography and Education, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2016, p. 158-173.

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Theriault, V 2016, 'Literacy mediation as a form of powerful literacies in community-based organisations working with young people in a situation of precarity', Ethnography and Education, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 158-173. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457823.2015.1101384

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Theriault, V. (2016). Literacy mediation as a form of powerful literacies in community-based organisations working with young people in a situation of precarity. Ethnography and Education, 11(2), 158-173. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457823.2015.1101384

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Theriault V. Literacy mediation as a form of powerful literacies in community-based organisations working with young people in a situation of precarity. Ethnography and Education. 2016;11(2):158-173. Epub 2015 Oct 27. doi: 10.1080/17457823.2015.1101384

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Theriault, Virginie. / Literacy mediation as a form of powerful literacies in community-based organisations working with young people in a situation of precarity. In: Ethnography and Education. 2016 ; Vol. 11, No. 2. pp. 158-173.

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