Adolescent literacies in a multicultural context / edited by Alister Cumming.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cumming, Alister H.

Series:

Routledge research in education ; 74.

Routledge research in education ; 74

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts (Secondary)--Social aspects--United States--Case studies.

Language arts (Secondary).

Literacy--Social aspects--United States--Case studies.

Literacy.

Multicultural education--United States--Case studies.

Multicultural education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book presents results from a four-year project addressing the central question: What factors, challenges, and contexts contribute to and constrain literacy achievement among at-risk adolescent learners with culturally diverse backgrounds? Researchers consider the importance of several, interrelated factors that support the development of adolescents' literacies in multilingual contexts: support from educators, community groups, families, and peers; recognition of the multi-faceted complexity of literacy through multiple, complementary methods of research and assessment; approaches to pedagogy that engage learners' zones of proximal development in humanistic and purposeful ways; and promoting students' vocabulary knowledge, strategies for reading, writing, and learning, and orientations to engaging with epistemic purposes of literacy critically, through multiple media, and with self-confidence"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Adolescent Literacies in a Multicultural Context; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Purpose and Approach; 2. Tutoring Adolescents in Literacy: A Thematic Synthesis of Published Research; 3. Pathways to Education and Its Accomplishments; 4. Students and Their Social Networks for Literacy; 5. Reading Practices and Achievement; 6. Writing Practices and Achievement; 7. Issues in Socialization, Literacy Learning, and Educational Processes; 8. Bridging Lexical Knowledge and Literacy; 9. Tutoring in the Zone of Proximal Development

10. Summary and RecommendationsAppendices Case Studies of Seven Focal Students; A. Angel: A Resistant, Multilingual Learner; B. Hassan: An Independent Learner with Future Goals; C. Jacob: An Introverted Learner, Needing English Vocabulary; D. K-9: A Creative Student Pursuing Vocational Education; E. MMFresh: A Goal-Oriented, Multilingual Student; F. Ning: A Recent Immigrant Student; G. Peter: An Aff able, Distracted Lad; H. Score Summaries for Seven Case Study Students on Five Assessments; Contributors; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-31854-2

1-280-66259-X

9786613639523

0-203-12003-5

1-136-31855-0

9780203120033

OCLC:

798531734