Critical Literacy Skills in Secondary Education

This research is focused on a whole-school approach to the development of critical literacy skills. It examines the idea that students should learn to critically make sense of the world as they learn how to spell and write words correctly. Furthermore, this research enquires on new approaches suggesting to take in consideration the social context where pupils use literacy when promoting the development of their literacy skills. The second part of this case study research will link these theories to the practice of School A, in order to find out if the suggested approaches could be successful in promoting higher literacy standards.