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Advocacy research in literacy education : seeking higher ground / Meredith Rogers Cherland, Helen Harper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cherland, Meredith Rogers, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literacy--Social aspects--Research.
- Literacy.
- Critical pedagogy.
- Social advocacy.
- Literacy--Social aspects.
- Research.
- Physical Description:
- x, 350 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
- Summary:
- This book reviews what the authors term "advocacy research" in literacy education- research that explicitly addresses issues of social justice, equity, and democracy with the distinct purpose of social transformation. It surveys what educationa
- Contents:
- Paulo Freire and critical literacy(ies)
- Radical counternarratives in literacy research I: feminist and queer theories
- Radical counternarratives in literacy research II: postcolonial theory and critical race theory
- Literacy as social practice
- Linguistic studies
- Why social justice?: ethics for advocacy research
- The literate body
- Literacy, democracy and freedom.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-329) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0805850562
- 9780805850567
- 0805850570
- 9780805850574
- 1410615448
- 9781410615442
- OCLC:
- 69734469
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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