PME 811 Module 5: Assessment in a Critical Reading Culture & Final Thoughts
PME 811 Module 5 Entry 1: Assessment in a Critical Reading Culture Considering the past blog entries on developing a critical reading culture, it's become much more clear how I'd like to foster this development, as well as notable benefits. For example, students become more engaged when literature reflects their cultural backgrounds and experiences, and especially their interests. Incorporating technology also helps students access literacy learning since it's generally an avenue with which they are more familiar; an example is highlighted in Kath Snow's article (cited below) on Elder storytellers and students creating their own digital stories based on what they'd learned. In Indigenous contexts, researcher Kath Snow found that a noteworthy positive aspect of this approach involved students working with an Elder to interpret the meaning of stories. One student responded, ‘“working face-to-face with an Elder is easier and more fun, you...
