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Culturally affirming literacy practices for urban elementary students / edited by Lakia M. Scott and Barbara Purdum-Cassidy.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language arts (Elementary)--United States.
- Language arts (Elementary).
- City children--Education (Elementary)--United States.
- City children.
- Culturally relevant pedagogy--United States.
- Culturally relevant pedagogy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (212 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Culturally Affirming Literacy Practices for Urban Elementary Students provides practical insights guided by conceptual and contextual knowledge in understanding how to teach urban African American and Hispanic/Latino(a) students by discussing issues associated with critical pedagogies, literacy, and culturally appropriate instructional strategies that have demonstrated success among African American and Hispanic/Latino(a) students. This text extends the conversation for culturally affirming pedagogy by showcasing successful models for teaching reading and writing to urban students through a di
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: A Continued Era of Language Discrimination; 2 A Framework for Critical Social Justice Literacy in Urban Elementary Schools; 3 Reauthorizing Excellence in Literacy Teaching for African American Learners; 4 Harambee!; 5 Beyond Basic Instruction; 6 Affirming the Identities of English Learners through Purposeful, Project-Based Literacy Instruction; 7 Using Critical Pedagogies for Increasing English Language Learners' Reading and Writing Achievement; 8 How Does Your Garden Grow?; 9 Culturally Relevant Texts and Urban English Language Learners
- 10 Moving beyond Apartheid Schooling and "Adequate Education"11 "Started from the Bottom Now We Here"; 12 Teaching with Technology; 13 Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for Differentiation via Instructional Technology; 14 Professional Development and Classroom Resources for the Urban Elementary Literacy Educator; Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4758-2644-3
- OCLC:
- 956647953
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