Date of Award
Fall October 2008
Access Restriction
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctorate in Education
Department
Education
School or College
School of Education
First Advisor
Marta P. Baltodano
Second Advisor
Edmundo F. Litton
Third Advisor
Magaly C. Lavadenz
Abstract
This qualitative research study inquired about the literacy experiences of language minority students in a middle school language arts classroom using the scripted program High Point. In addition, the study inquired about the ideology present in the curricular program High Point. Using qualitative methodology and an inductive analysis approach to the data, the findings of this study were alarming. The study found that there was no literacy or learning occurring in the classroom. There was not even functional literacy occurring in the classroom. On the contrary, students were being assimilated into a dominant culture different than their own, leading to resistance on the students’ behalf as they were clearly tracked for a life in high school that did not prepare them for academic success.
Recommended Citation
Osorio-Arzate, Elizabeth, "Literacy and Ideology: A Qualitative Research Study of a Language Arts Class of Language Minority Students Using the Scripted Curriculum High Point" (2008). LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations. 256.
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/256
