Luminous literacies : localized teaching and teacher education / edited by Mary Frances Rice (University of New Mexico, USA), Ashley K. Dallacqua (University of New Mexico, USA).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rice, Mary Frances, editor.

Dallacqua, Ashley K., editor.

Series:

Advances in research on teaching.

Advances in research on teaching ; v. 36

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teaching.

Literacy--Study and teaching.

Literacy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2021]

Summary:

Luminous Literacies shares examples of teachers and educators using local knowledge to illustrate literacy engagement and curriculum-making through scholarly accounts of experiences in teacher preparation courses, classrooms, and other community spaces in New Mexico. This edited collection includes chapters focusing on the teaching of Native American literature to indigenous students in what used to be an assimilation school; learning to code while making connections to the bomb-building that was part of New Mexican history; using graphic novels and text sets that reflect local identities and concerns; and examining the duality of querencia/herencia with teachers from across the United States in a National Endowment of the Humanities-funded project. Teachers present counter narratives to literacy knowing and learning in places with extensive colonial histories. These chapters provide vivid demonstrations of what literacy is, how literacies are positioned in communities and contexts, and how literacies come alive as they are taught. This is essential reading for practicing teachers, teacher education researchers, cultural studies scholars, and educational leaders.

Contents:

Part one: Highlighting our contexts

Chapter 1. Teachers of new Mexico: A photo essay / Michelle Jewett and Eli Henley

Chapter 2. Querencias, contested homelands, and sites as storied texts: Exploring the place orientations of new Mexico in a teacher workshop / Rebecca M. Sanchez

Chapter 3. Dialogue journals in the secondary classroom: Promoting growth, resilience, and storytelling / Isabella Perea

Chapter 4. Reimagining doctoral education for sociocultural goals in new Mexico: One department's story / Don Zancanella

Part two: Using personal histories to illuminate literacy texts and practices

Chapter 5. Individual, historical, and critical contexts: Investigating the text selection practices of four new Mexican language arts teachers / Annmarie Sheahan

Chapter 6. Waking up to the literacies and diversities of new Mexico / Monique Montoya

Chapter 7. Creating a safe space for students to explore trauma and build resilience through young adult literature, creative composing, and personal experiences / Brittany R. Raymond

Chapter 8. Radical drama as educational catharsis / Damon R. Carbajal

Part three: Finding light in critical practices and local identities

Chapter 9. Transforming teaching through critical literacies / Rachel Goar

Chapter 10. Creating locally relevant curriculum with graphic novels / Mark R. Bailon

Chapter 11. Teaching indigenous literature and history as us literature and history / Brigid Ovitt

Chapter 12. Asserting LGBTIA+ literacy practices in the curriculum / Ashley Nowikowski

Part four: Luminous multimodal literacies in action

Chapter 13. Literacies to grow and teach: Cultivating a spirit of inquiry through multimodal text sets / Rick Marlatt

Chapter 14. Using multimodal literacy: Challenges and opportunities in a non-traditional classroom / Gloria A. Valderrama Polo

Chapter 15. Creating a classroom affinity space with video games and virtual reality as literature / Miles Madison Harvey and Lucretia E. Penny Pence

Part five: Shedding light on literacies past and future

Chapter 16. Cultivating the activist life w/ Richard j. Meyer

Chapter 17. How Yazzie-Martinez v. NM highlights inequities in public education for indigenous students and underscores the need for critical literacy education / Natalie Martinez.

Notes:

Includes index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781800434523

1800434529

9781800434547

1800434545