Meeting the Challenge: Creating Engaging and Powerful Contexts for Literacy Learning
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2007
Abstract
This article explores the conditions of "flow" experience from two studies into the literate lives of young men (Smith and Wilhelm 2002; 2006) that were explanatory, when present, of motivation and engagement in various activities including literacy, and when absent, of a lack of motivation and engagement in various activities including literacy. Typical school activities and the lack of flow, as experienced by informants in the studies, is contrasted with the experience of playing video games and the practical implications of how to meet the conditions of flow experience in school using inquiry framings of traditional curricular topics.
Publication Information
Wilhelm, Jeffrey D.. (2007). "Meeting the Challenge: Creating Engaging and Powerful Contexts for Literacy Learning". English in Australia, 42(1), 11-20.