Literacy policies and practices in conflict : reclaiming classrooms in networked times / edited by Nancy Rankie Shelton, Bess Altwerger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shelton, Nancy Rankie, editor.

Altwerger, Bess, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literacy--United States.

Literacy.

United States.

Education and state--United States.

Education and state.

Education--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education.

Education--Aims and objectives.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

xvi, 172 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.

Summary:

Current U.S. school reform efforts link school success, student achievement, and teacher performance to standardized tests and narrowly prescribed curricula. How do test-driven, mandated curricula in urban school systems overtly and subtly impact teachers' efforts to provide technologically advanced, challenging classroom environments that foster literacy development for all students? How do these federal policies affect instruction at the classroom level? The premise of this book is that, in order for teachers to confront and/or counteract the pressures placed on them from these policies, it is necessary to first understand them. This book takes a close look at the tensions that exist between federal mandates and contemporary literacy needs and how those tensions impact classroom practices. Providing a clear sociopolitical overview and analysis, it combines theoretical explanations with examples from current ethnographic research. Readers are challenged to (re)consider whether meeting test performance benchmarks should be the hallmark of school success when the goal of test performance supersedes the goal of producing highly literate, productive citizens of the future. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Nancy Rankie Shelton Shelton, Nancy Rankie, Bess Altwerger Altwerger, Bess 1

Part I The Conflict 11

2 Redefining Literacy in a Networked World / Sarah Lohnes Watulak Watulak, Sarah Lohnes 13

3 Federal Education Policy: Roadblock or Reform? / Nancy Rankie Shelton Shelton, Nancy Rankie, Bess Altwergev Altwergev, Bess 27

4 The Literacy Stance Continuum: From Transmission to Transformation / Bess Altwergev Altwergev, Bess, Nancy Rankie Shelton Shelton, Nancy Rankie 43

Part II Teaching and Learning in "Reformed" Classrooms 63

5 Schools and Communities: Multiple Voices, Divergent Goals / B. P (Barbara) Laster Laster, B. P (Barbara), Janese Daniels Daniels, Janese 65

6 The New Digital Divide: Challenges and Opportunities for Using Technology to Develop 21st Century Literacies in Urban Schools / Sarah Lohnes Watulak Watulak, Sarah Lohnes, B.P. (Barbara) Laster Laster, B.P. (Barbara), Xiaoming Liu Liu, Xiaoming 77

7 "Zero Inch Voices": Imposing Silence in Primary Classrooms / Janese Daniels Daniels, Janese, Xiaoming Liu Liu, Xiaoming, Bess Altwerger Altwerger, Bess 89

8 Resisting Colonization in the Intermediate Classroom / Teresa Helm Filbert Filbert, Teresa Helm, Nancy Rankle Shelton Shelton, Nancy Rankle 100

9 Adolescent Learners: "Kids Don't Choose This Life" / Cheryl North North, Cheryl, Nancy Rankie Shelton Shelton, Nancy Rankie 120

Part III Envisioning Literacy Policies and Practices for Tomorrow 133

10 Meeting the Needs of Every Child in an Era of Reform / B. P. (Barbara) Luster Luster, B. P. (Barbara) 135

11 Down the Rabbit Hole: Reform, Resistance, and Respect / Morna McDermott McNulty McNulty, Morna McDermott, Nancy Rankie Shelton Shelton, Nancy Rankie, Cheryl North North, Cheryl 148.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415527392

0415527392

9780415527415

0415527414

OCLC:

898050755