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Urban Literacies: Critical Perspectives on Language, Learning, and Community
Contributor(s): Kinloch, Valerie (Editor), Genishi, Celia (Editor), Alvermann, Donna E. (Editor)
ISBN: 0807751820     ISBN-13: 9780807751824
Publisher: Teachers College Press
OUR PRICE:   $39.85  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: March 2011
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Literacy
Dewey: 302.224
LCCN: 2010054360
Series: Language and Literacy (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.14" W x 8.95" (0.75 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Demographic Orientation - Urban
 
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Publisher Description:

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 of mentoring relationships and collaborative engagements.
  • Includes a "Critical Perspective" section at the end of each chapter in which authors discuss implications, practices, strategies, and recommendations for improving literacy instruction.