Negotiating Critical Literacies in Classrooms

Herausgeber: Comber, Barbara; Simpson, Anne

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This work brings together accounts of educators who have tried to make a difference in the lives of their students through literary education. Each chapter represents the results of extended research on classroom practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 464g
• ISBN-13: 9780805837940
• ISBN-10: 0805837949
• Artikelnr.: 21959028

Autorenporträt

Barbara Comber, Anne Simpson

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. Part I: Critical From the Start: Examining Relations of Power in Textual Practices.A.H. Dyson
Relational Sense and Textual Sense in a U.S. Urban Classroom: The Contested Case of Emily
Girl Friend of a Ninja. U. Sahni
Children Appropriating Literacy: Empowerment Pedagogy From Young Children's Perspective. J. O'Brien
Children Reading Critically: A Local History. V. Vasquez
Constructing a Critical Curriculum With Young Children. Part II: Exploring Critical Literacies in Primary Schooling: Unresolved Questions.Y.M. Cheah
From Prescription to Participation: Moving From Functional to Critical Literacy in Singapore. A.M.Y. Lin
Resistance and Creativity in English Reading Lessons in Hong Kong. B. Bigelow
On the Road to Cultural Bias: A Critique of The Oregon Trail CD-ROM. B. Mellor
A. Patterson
Teaching Readings? Part III: Critical Literacies and Questions of Identity.H. Janks
Identity and Conflict in the Critical Literacy Classroom. P. Stein
Classrooms as Sites of Textual
Cultural
and Linguistic Reappropriation. W. Martino
"Dickheads
Wuses
and Faggots": Addressing Issues of Masculinity and Homophobia in the Critical Literacy Classroom. L. Cruddas
P. Watson
Ta(l)king Back: Dialogizing Authorship. Part IV: Tertiary Education as a Site for Critical Literacies.C. Wallace
Critical Literacy in the Second Language Classroom: Power and Control. J.W. Bell
Building Bridges/Making Meanings: Texts of Popular Culture and Critical Pedagogy in Theory and Practice. J. Clarence-Fincham
Responding to Academic Discourse: Developing Critical Literacy at a South African University. N. Wooldridge
Tensions and Ambiguities in Critical Literacy. B. Comber
Critical Literacies and Local Action: Teacher Knowledge and a 'New' Research Agenda.