Urban Literacies: Critical Perspectives on Language, Learning, and Community

by Carol D. Lee

Urban Literacies showcases cutting-edge perspectives on urban education and language and literacy by respected junior and senior scholars, researchers, and teacher educators. The authors explore--through various theoretical orientations and diverse methodologies--meanings of urban education in the lives of students and their families across three intersecting areas of research: 1) family and community literacies, 2) teaching and teacher education, and 3) popular culture, digital media, and forms of multimodality.

This important volume:

Extends the focus on "literacy" to include multiple settings and forms, as well as multiple voices and perspectives. Serves as a model of critical research and an extension of mentoring relationships and collaborative engagements. Includes a "Critical Perspective" section at the end of each chapter in which authors discuss implications, practices, strategies, and recommendations for improving literacy instruction.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807751820
• ISBN13: 9780807751824
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"