Reconsidering primary literacy : enabling children to become critically literate / Kelly Stone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stone, Kelly L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts (Primary)--Social aspects.

Language arts (Primary).

Literacy--Social aspects.

Literacy.

Critical pedagogy.

Physical Description:

xii, 130 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

This is an accessible guide to critical literacy, a process in which learners are encouraged to challenge and critique language and social practices and actively transform what they see as unjust or unfair. Crucial critical literacy concepts such as access, power, reconstruction and transformation are explored in respect of both the wider literature and as they relate to the experiences and practices of those educators who feature in the book. The key practice areas for developing children's criticality are also covered, including the use of toys, children's literature, comic books and graphic novels, photographs and new technologies. Threaded throughout the book are the intersecting social justice issues of gender, race, disability, displacement and social class. Material is drawn primarily from educators' own narratives about transformative change in their practice - including their struggles to understand and enact critical literacy - alongside examples of their pedagogies for social change. The author identifies a number of clear directions for educators interested in using a critical pedagogical approach in their work with children and young people - helping them to understand what critical literacy is; how they can weave it into their own practices; with which ages, stages and grades critical literacy can be used; and how they can get started using critical literacy in their classrooms. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

What is critical literacy? 1

Literacy and critical literacy: what is the difference? 4

(Critical) literacy as a tool for social justice 5

Is critical literacy the same as critical thinking? 6

Critical pedagogy 7

Critical literacy and critical visual literacy 8

Examples of critical literacy practices in the academic literature 9

Possible problems with enticed literacy 12

References 17

2 My story 19

Gender and literacy 20

Resisting and subverting gender stereotypes 23

Literacy difficulties 23

Meeting other educators interested in critical literacy 24

References 28

3 Caroline's story 30

Teaching critical literacy using picturebooks 30

Literacy and critical literacy: what, is the difference? 34

Critical literacy and toys 36

Websites 39

References 39

4 Deena's story 41

Literacy and critical literacy: what is the difference? 41

Looking critically at book covers 42

Using adverts: critical media literacy 44

Critical media literacy: television 49

Deena's reflective account 52

Websites 52

References 52

5 Ian's story 54

Literacy and critical literacy: what is the difference? 54

Using comic books and films about superheroes to develop critical capacity 56

Comic books, graphic novels and critical literacy 59

Ian's reflective account 65

Websites 67

References 67

6 Linda's story 69

Literacy and critical literacy: what is the difference? 69

Critical literacy and fairy tales 71

Websites 78

References 78

7 Liz's story 79

Literacy and critical literacy: what is the difference? 79

Reading and challenging 'real' texts 81

Critical literacy and disability/difference 82

Websites 87

References 88

8 Carol's story 89

Literacy and critical literacy: what is the difference? 89

Critical literacy practice: The Power of Story (volumes 1 and 2) 91

Critical literacy and race: migration 91

Websites 99

References 100

9 Critical literacy and social class 101

Picturehooks and poverty 102

Critical literacy and poverty: children and young people's views 104

Using photographs to explore issues of poverty 106

Critical media literacy 107

The power of literature 110

Tom's reflective account 110

Websites 113

References 114

10 Critical literacy and new technologies 115

Critical literacy and protection 115

Developing critical capacity through childhood and adolescence: a developmental model 116

Critical digital literacy 117

Power and new technologies 118

Deena's reflections on critical digital literacy 121

Websites 122

References 122

11 Final reflections 124

References 127.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138671904

1138671908

9781138671911

1138671916

OCLC:

968150470