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Urban Literacies: Critical Perspectives on Language, Learning, and Community (Language & Literacy) (Language and Literacy Series) (Language and Literacy (Paperback))

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Description for Urban Literacies: Critical Perspectives on Language, Learning, and Community (Language & Literacy) (Language and Literacy Series) (Language and Literacy (Paperback)) Paperback. Editor(s): Kinloch, Valerie. Series: Language and Literacy Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFC; JNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.

Urban Literacies showcases cutting-edge perspectives on urban education and language and literacy by respected junior and senior scholars, researchers, and teacher educators. The authors explore—through various theoretical orientations and diverse methodologies—meanings of urban education in the lives of students and their families across three intersecting areas of research: 1) family and community literacies, 2) teaching and teacher education, and 3) popular culture, digital media, and forms of multimodality.

This important volume:

  • Extends the focus on “literacy” to include multiple settings and forms, as well as multiple voices and perspectives.
  • Serves as a model of critical research and an extension ... Read more
  • Includes a “Critical Perspective” section at the end of each chapter in which authors discuss implications, practices, strategies, and recommendations for improving literacy instruction.
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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Condition
New
Series
Language and Literacy Series
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807751824
SKU
V9780807751824
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Valerie Kinloch
Valerie Kinloch is associate professor in literacy studies in the School of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University. Her most recent book is Harlem on Our Minds: Place, Race, and the Literacies of Urban Youth.

Reviews for Urban Literacies: Critical Perspectives on Language, Learning, and Community (Language & Literacy) (Language and Literacy Series) (Language and Literacy (Paperback))
“We are inspired by the scholars in this historic volume who are paving new groundwork for empowering literacies in schools and communities.” ―From the Foreword by Arnetha F. Ball, Stanford University, and Carol D. Lee, Northwestern University “Kinloch delivers on her promise of ‘theoretically rich and practically sound chapters’ with new research by outstanding scholars, new insights into urban ... Read more

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