REPRESENTACIONES SOCIALES DEL CONTEXTO COMUNITARIO, ESCENARIO PARA GENERAR PRÁCTICAS DE ESCRITURA

ABSTRACT: This paper raises the need to consider the socio-cultural features to create learning scenarios where reading and writing practices constitute a tool of academic achievement. The sample consisted of 48 high school students from a Chilean public school. Data were collected using a Likert-type scale and focus group. Obtained information was qualitatively analyzed considering the Social Representations theory; thus, core and peripheral elements related to beliefs, opinions and attitudes about the students’ context were identified. Results showed that peripheral elements of students’...