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Kinloch, Valerie, Ed.; Burkhard, Tanja, Ed.; Penn, Carlotta, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2019
This volume brings together respected scholars to examine the intersections of race, justice, and activism in direct relation to the teaching and learning of critical literacy. The authors focus on literacy praxis that reflect how students--with the loving, critical support of teachers and teacher educators--engage in resistance work and…
Descriptors: Race, Social Justice, Activism, Literacy Education
Palfreyman, David M., Ed.; van der Walt, Christa, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2017
Research on academic literacy within higher education has focused almost exclusively on the development of academic literacy in English. This book is unique in showing how students use other languages when they engage with written academic content--whether in reading, discussing, or writing--and how increasingly multilingual higher education…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Bilingual Education, Multiple Literacies, College Students
Unsworth, Len, Ed.; Thomas, Angela, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2014
"English Teaching and New Literacies Pedagogy: Interpreting and Authoring Digital Multimedia Narratives" is about the fusion of media and narrative, and explores theoretical and practical dimensions of young people's engagement with contemporary forms of text. It showcases a range of critical interpretative approaches for integrating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Instruction, Multimedia Instruction, Films
Pitkänen-Huhta, Anne, Ed.; Holm, Lars, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2012
"Literacy Practices in Transition" explores the connections between local, situated literacy practices and global processes of mobility in the geographical space of the Nordic countries, an example of contemporary mobile societies. The detailed empirical analyses show how these connections affect individuals, practices and policies; how…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Educational Trends
Miller, Suzanne M., Ed.; McVee, Mary B., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Taking a close look at multimodal composing as an essential new literacy in schools, this volume draws from contextualized case studies across educational contexts to provide detailed portraits of teachers and students at work in classrooms. Authors elaborate key issues in transforming classrooms with student multimodal composing, including…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Classroom Techniques, Writing (Composition), Technology Integration
Miller, S. J., Ed.; Kirkland, David E., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2010
"Change Matters," written by leading scholars committed to social justice in English education, provides researchers, university instructors, and preservice and inservice teachers with a framework that pivots social justice toward policy. The chapters in this volume detail rationales about generating social justice theory in what Freire calls "the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Social Class, Qualitative Research, Marital Status