Identity-Focused ELA Teaching: A Curriculum Framework for Diverse Learners and Contexts

by Richard Beach, Anthony Johnston, Amanda Haertling Thein

Book Overview

Countering the increased standardization of English language arts instruction requires recognizing and fostering students' unique identity construction across different social and cultural contexts. Drawing on current sociocultural theories of identity construction, this book posits that students construct multiple identities through use of five identity practices: adopting alternative perspectives, exploring connections across people and texts,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113881203X
• ISBN13: 9781138812031
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"