Repurposing Tools to Teach Reading: Understanding Nigerian People’s Experiences and Perspectives Using the Queen Primer

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Abstract

In this study, the authors examine the experiences and perspectives of Nigerians who have used the Queen Primer, a book used to teach beginning reading, as teachers, parents, and/or learners. Using Activity Theory, the authors describe the cultural and historical context in which the books have been used and use multimodal content analysis to describe the content (pictorial and textual) books. Finally, the authors present findings from their analysis of survey and semi-structured interview data with Nigerians who have used the books. They discuss the relevance of this study to other contexts and suggest analyses of instructional books can benefit from a consideration of the historical and cultural contexts in which they are used.

Authors

• Ejiro Amadasun, University of Texas - San Antonio

• Samuel DeJulio, University of Texas - San Antonio

• Dixie D. Massey, Seattle Pacific University