Full Description
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.
