Literacy for a Better World: The Promise of Teaching in Diverse Classrooms

by Laura Schneider Vanderploeg

This book brings literacy research and culturally relevant pedagogy together to offer a comprehensive vision of what socially just teaching can look like in the secondary English classroom. The author, an experienced professional developer and teacher, provides a powerful framework for analyzing classroom instruction with regard to ideals of stance, relevance, access, identity, and agency. Chapters provide models that have worked in real classrooms,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807753513
• ISBN13: 9780807753514
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"