Photonovels Through Critical Pedagogy

Photonovels Through Critical Pedagogy
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9783639106701
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The purpose of this research was to study how the process of creating and using a participatory photonovel can empower ESL speaking immigrant women and act as a tool to educate them about a health topic. Conducted at the Intercultural Association of Greater Victoria, under a critical ethnographic paradigm, this study involved five ESL speaking immigrant women from various cultural, national and linguistic backgrounds with different degrees of fluency in English. The women named nutrition and exercise as being their most pressing health concern upon migration to Canada. The women then created a participatory photonovel entitled From Junk Food to Healthy Eating:Tanya’s Journey to a Better Life. The author found that the photonovel was an effective and culturally relevant health literacy tool to use with this population. Results also illustrated that the participatory process created community and helped the women raise their consciousness about nutrition in Canada. This study was...

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