dc.contributor.author | De Kock, Tarryn | |
dc.contributor.author | Sayed, Yusuf | |
dc.contributor.author | Badroodien, Azeem | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-24T11:51:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-24T11:51:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.citation | De Kock, Tarryn, Yusuf Sayed, and Azeem Badroodien. 2018. 'Narratives of Social Cohesion': Bridging the Link Between School Culture, Linguistic Identity and the English Language”. Education As Change 22 (1):29 pages. https://doi.org/10.25159/1947-9417/2117 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/16257 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper argues that processes of self
-creation are significantly influenced by
experiences of schooling, of which language forms a critical aspect. The school is a
central site in which identities are contested, negotiated and affirmed, but it is also
imbibed with a particular identity that, in the South African context, often remains expressly raced and classed. Existing research has pointed to the salience of language
for questions of identity in education, and moreover
the relationship between school
cultures and the inculcation of particular norms
and values. However, in the South
African context research should also be focusing on the relationship between the major
medium of instruction in schools, English, the values and behaviour encouraged at the
school level, and how these influence learners’ linguistic and
social identities. This
paper engages with research conducted in three Cape Town schools and develops the
idea of “
narratives of social cohesion
” to articulate the ways in which different school
cultures influence learner
-identity formation. It posits that the assumed neutrality of the
primary medium of instruction, and its historic association with whiteness, represents a
continued undervaluation of black learners’ linguistic and social experiences. | |
dc.publisher | University of Johannesburg and Unisa
Press | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by
-sa/4.0/ | |
dc.title | 'Narratives of Social Cohesion': Bridging the Link between School Culture, Linguistic Identity and the English Language | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.rights.holder | © The Author(s) | |
dc.identifier.externaluri | http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/1947-9417/2117 | |
dc.identifier.ag | ES/L00559X/1 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.25159/1947-9417/2117 | |