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Questions for Reading Brandt and Gee

The annotation on the second photo in the top right I analyzed the impact the printing press had on the idea of sponsorship.  I talked about how the change made the print industry more efficient but in the process lost out on some on the sponsorship associated with artisans that manually set up the press prior to the printing presses invention.  In the lower left corner I analyzed the idea that sponsors help outsiders gain access to literacy and how they…

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The annotation on the second photo in the top right I analyzed the impact the printing press had on the idea of sponsorship.  I talked about how the change made the print industry more efficient but in the process lost out on some on the sponsorship associated with artisans that manually set up the press prior to the printing presses invention.  In the lower left corner I analyzed the idea that sponsors help outsiders gain access to literacy and how they might go about that.  The idea of educating the masses but only those that are sponsor can educate.  The finally annotation I analyzed was the middle left annotation that mentioned the idea of being able to turn what we see, study, and do and apply them to bigger contexts and I would argue that those people in society who have mastered the art of applying what they see, study, and do are the most successful.

 

Brandt sees the printmaking as way to develop literacy because the ability to mass produce print makes it more affordable to the general public which in turn allows more people to be able to access the literacy work that previously they could not.  Brandt finds the penny press paradoxical because although the penny press allows more people to be able to access literacy it also eliminates artisan jobs that prior to the penny would manually set up the press.  Brandt’s idea of how sponsors can promote literacy are similar to the idea how Gee perceives apprenticeships and how integration into Discourse can be one method of entry into a Discourse.  Sponsor also referring to teaches of any level are another way of passing on literary works to others.  The reason people have such complicated relationships with literacy is because literacy like many other economically prestigious activities is a niche market and in order to invest time in such activities and those that do not find enjoyment are less likely to invest time into reading or writing.  Reading and writing are a love-hate relationship for many because of a loss of interest in a particular subject or genre rather than an actual dislike for either reading or writing.  Gee would explain the difference between the affluent and the poor as the affluent having a higher chance of attaining the correct social goods to to be able to be able to further their success which is in contrast to the poor that are less likely to have the resources to be able to attain such social goods leading to success.  Gee supports this by saying, “Dominant Discourses are secondary Discourses the mastery of which, at a particular place and time, brings with it the (potential) acquisition of social “goods” (money), prestige, status, etc.).” (Gee 8).  Gee’s quote relates to the difference between the affluent and the poor because the more affluent someone is the better chance they have to acquire the correct social “goods” to succeed in a Discourse.

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Questions for Reading Brandt and Gee

Brandt’s opening paragraph sketches a history of printmaking. At the end of the paragraph, she uses the term “literacy sponsorship.” Describe the reason Brandt sees printmaking as a site for literacy development. In addition, explain why Brandt finds a paradox in the rise of the penny press.  The information you need is confined to the …

  1. Brandt’s opening paragraph sketches a history of printmaking. At the end of the paragraph, she uses the term “literacy sponsorship.” Describe the reason Brandt sees printmaking as a site for literacy development. In addition, explain why Brandt finds a paradox in the rise of the penny press.  The information you need is confined to the first paragraph of her article.

 

She sees it as printmaking as a site for literacy because of the amount of change the two things can bring to the world. The rise of the new allowed more things to be printed with less people causing the importance of literacy development to increase. She finds a Paradox when the steam powered press made print more accessible making printing more profitable it caused a end to a particular form of literacy sponsorship and a drop in the number of people that could actually be a literary sponsor.  

 

  1. Brandt defines literacy sponsors as “any agents, local or distant, concrete or abstract, who enable, support, teach, model, as well as recruit, regulate, suppress, or withhold literacy – and gain advantage by it in some way” (556). This is a complicated or multidimensional understanding of the concept. Using examples from Brandt, Gee, or your own literacy narrative (written in ENG 122 and published in Rising Cairn), describe how sponsors can do at least two of these things. Be sure to explain why the evidence from your examples shows that sponsors do what you think your examples show.

 

Gee Is a literary sponsor because he gives his ideas of Discourse and enables people gain knowledge on literacy and what it really means to be a part of something. He also teaches new ideas and withhold vast amounts of literacy knowledge.

 

  1. “Literacy, like land, is a valued commodity in this economy, a key resource in gaining profit and edge” (Brandt 558). If literacy is so valued, why might so many people have such complicated relationships to reading and writing, perhaps two of the most important features of literacy?

 

Due to the fact that some people are not lucky enough to be born into societies that include the learning of reading and writing in their Primary Discourse. Literate nations have controlled most of the world’s economy over time.

 

  1. “Throughout their lives, affluent people from high-caste racial groups have multiple and redundant contacts with powerful literacy sponsors as a routine part of their economic and political privileges. Poor people and those from low-caste racial groups have less consistent, less politically secured access to literacy sponsors – especially to the ones that can grease their way to academic and economic success” (Brandt 559). How might Gee explain the differences between the affluent and the poor on literacy? Be sure to quote Gee in your explanation. It might be helpful to use Branch and Lopez (in Brandt) for details to aid your explanation.

 

Gee values would understand why less fortunate people that reading and writing was not incorporating into their primary Discourse. When It comes to the people that have learned to read and write and have been educated throughout their youth he can act as a literary sponsor and give off powerful ideas.

 

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Questions for Reading Brandt and Gee

1. Brandt sees print making as a source for literacy development because it enabled access to material production and the public meaning/worth of their skills. However, Brandt finds a paradox within the rise of the penny press. Although the penny press made print more accessible it brought an end to a form of literacy sponsorship/drop … [Read more…]

1. Brandt sees print making as a source for literacy development because it enabled access to material production and the public meaning/worth of their skills. However, Brandt finds a paradox within the rise of the penny press. Although the penny press made print more accessible it brought an end to a form of literacy sponsorship/drop in literate potential.

2. Literacy sponsors can support those they sponsor in a financial way… For example Brandt writes about Raymond Branch and how he was the son of an academic, and grew up in an “information rich, resource-rich learning environment” which helped him pursue in literary development. Sponsors can also suppress literacy development from those who are the opposite of Raymond Branch, like Dora Lopez who had to self-initiate learning because of her cultural and economic background. However, she was being sponsored by what her parents could pull from the peripheral service systems from the university.

3. “Literacy, like land, is a valued commodity in this economy, a key resource in gaining profit and edge” (Brandt 558). However, some people may have complicated relationships with reading and writing due to their home environment and their economical status. There are children out there and even adults who would enjoy a regular education like everyone else has, but sometimes people cannot afford to send their children to school, to send themselves back to school, or getting a proper education may never be as important to them as it is to others.

4. “Throughout their lives, affluent people from high-caste racial groups have multiple and redundant contacts with powerful literacy sponsors as a routine part of their economic and political privileges. Poor people and those from low-caste racial groups have less consistent, less politically secured access to literacy sponsors – especially to the ones that can grease their way to academic and economic success”(Brandt 559). Within this part of the article, Gee can relate Branch and Lopez in the form of literacy by comparing Discourses. Seeing as Branch is in a higher socio-economic class he is in a more developed Discourse as opposed to Lopez who is in a not-so-developed class where she has to self-initiate learning.

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Brandt Reading Questions

One of Brandts main point is that printmaking is a key to literacy development. This is because while the apprentice would be in process of printmaking they would be applying the reading and writing skills needed to be successful. Brandts paradox is formed when she discusses her love hate relationship with the production of printers. … [Read more…]

  1. One of Brandts main point is that printmaking is a key to literacy development. This is because while the apprentice would be in process of printmaking they would be applying the reading and writing skills needed to be successful. Brandts paradox is formed when she discusses her love hate relationship with the production of printers. She explains that they are a great investment for mass production, but they are lowering the skills of reading and writing. The skills of reading and writing are being lowered to apprentices are no longer repeatedly using the techniques of spelling out words and having to reread work to understand a story. This brought an end to literacy sponsorship because they no longer needed help revising papers they are now done automatically.
  2. The main thing Brandt talks about in her reading is the concepts of being a sponsor. She explains a sponsor as “any agents, local or distant, concrete or abstract, who enable, support, teach, model, as well as recruit, regulate, suppress, or withhold literacy – and gain advantage by it in some way” (Brandt 556). Brandt’s concept of being a sponsor is very similar to what Gee explains as an apprentice. In Brandt’s reading she uses Raymond Branch as an example of sponsorship. He has many different sponsors that helped him succeed in his major of computer software. He had many references that helped support him with the materials he needs to finish the work he needed to do. There was an support system there for him to help him find his way. Another example is from my own experience. My mom has always been my sponsor she is always there to help me with whatever and show me how things should be done. Through out my English career I have struggled with writing. As stated in my narrative “I trusted my mom the most to look over my papers, and revise them. It was her way of helping me, instead of reading to me she would help with my writing instead” (Manuels 3). She showed me how to be more professional with my writing by modeling what’s right and wrong while revising my papers. With the on going support she was able to show me how to be a responsible adult and learn that being confident in yourself is the key to being successful.
  3. Both Gee and Brandt express the idea that literacy is the most important concept someone ca adhere. If that is true why do so many people including myself struggle with both reading and writing. After reading the two different stories the main point I understand was people lack literacy because of how they are exposed to it. By that I mean that some people just aren’t raised in a well environment with great recourses or sponsors. That is not the child’s fault. It is not their fault that their school that their parents placed them in only offers certain materials. They are important concepts to have as successful adult. That is why so many people push the idea of secondary education and that English is a requirement for almost all majors. For the reason that if someone didn’t receive a great literacy background then they can then improve it in secondary education.
  4. Gee explains the differences between social groups as a discourse. There are two different kinds on discourses dominant and non-dominant. Gee explains a dominant discourse as “Brings with it the (potential) acquisition of social ‘goods’(money, prestige, status, etc.)” (8) and a non-dominant as “Solidary with a particular social network, but not wider status and social goods” (8). In Brandt there is an example that examples Gees theory on literacy. Brandt introduces us to Branch a rich boy that has many sponsors that he can trust, and then Lopez that has some sponsors but not as great as she would like. Branch had what a Gee explains as a dominant literacy background, something that brings him the newer technology, labs, and materials. Where that is not the case for Lopez she had to try much harder and apply herself. She had her parents as a sponsor but they could only bring her the most generic materials. Some people would argue that she is trying to fake her way into a discourse as Gee would explain because she is entering a dominant discourse with an educator not an apprentice like Branch is with his fancy professor that are specialized in a field and are giving him and advantage to learn.

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Brandt Annotations

Above are my annotations for Sponsors of Literacy by Brandt. Throughout the reading I found that the method of color coding was the most helpful. My main focus was trying to understand her concepts and apply them to Gee’s concepts. I did that by using the color green. When I though that a concept of Brandts … [Read more…]

Above are my annotations for Sponsors of Literacy by Brandt. Throughout the reading I found that the method of color coding was the most helpful. My main focus was trying to understand her concepts and apply them to Gee’s concepts. I did that by using the color green. When I though that a concept of Brandts was similar with Gees I would highlight it in green and explain why they related to each other. This reading was advanced so I did have quite a few questions throughout the reading. When I had a question about a claim or thought I would highlight it in orange as a conflict and then ask my questions in the margin with a pencil. The key of annotating is being organized and being able to determine key thoughts that the writer it getting into, so when I recognized a key point I would highlight it in pink. If I had a explanation I would then explain it in pink so the reader of my annotations would understand why I thought it was a key point.

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Sponsors of Literacy

One annotation I made while reading Brandt was when I highlighted the sentence “This even as we recognize that the most pressing issues we deal with – tightening associations between literate skill and social viability, the breakneck pace of change in communications technology, persistent inequities in access and reward – all relate to structural conditions … [Read more…]

One annotation I made while reading Brandt was when I highlighted the sentence “This even as we recognize that the most pressing issues we deal with – tightening associations between literate skill and social viability, the breakneck pace of change in communications technology, persistent inequities in access and reward – all relate to structural conditions in literacy’s bigger picture”. However, I want to know what the bigger picture is. What is the bigger picture they mention in this reading?

Another annotation I made was when I highlighted examples of sponsors… Older relatives, supervisors, military officers, editors, and influential authors… These are all people who can have an impact on your learning and life.

Lastly, one of the annotations I made was when I highlighted the different types of lifestyles two people had in the cases that were explained. “Raymond Branch, as the son of an academic was sponsored by some of the most powerful agents of the university… Dora Lopez was being sponsored by what her parents could pull from the peripheral service systems of the university”. This shows how different two people’s lives can be and how they both come to self teach what they need to know.

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