Sociology of Education

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This paper examines, in relation to the universal pedagogy in society where children acquire early literacy in a different family environment, the implications of the statement "what has to be learned in the primary school, literacy, numeracy and an understanding of the function of logical deductive arguments, can be taught only by a pedagogy that privileges linguistic fluency and a willingness to embrace the meaning structure of the school".

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"Interactions with caregivers and other competent member of the community enable children to become linguistically and culturally competent community members. (Ochs & Scheieffelin, 1984;1986) The student population in today's world is one that is both culturally and linguistically diverse. This fact is the primary reason that coming to an understanding of the home development of children is vital. Languaging differences exists when school begins in terms of new languages as well as new cultural uses of the language (Heath, 1983; Zentella, 1997) The competence of students may well be misinterpreted by teachers due to these languaging differences among students."

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