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Title Culturally affirming literacy practices for urban elementary students / edited by Lakia M. Scott and Barbara Purdum-Cassidy.

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  372.6 C968C    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 196 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Introduction : a continued era of language discrimination : implications for culturally affirming literacy practices in urban elementary schools / Lakia M. Scott -- A framework for critical social justice literacy in urban elementary schools / Dana Stachowiak -- Reauthorizing excellence in literacy teaching for African American learners / Melanie Acosta -- Harambee!: successful, culturally centered literacy instruction for African American readers through the Children Defense Fund's freedom school model / Marcia Watson -- Beyond basic instruction : effective civic literacy instruction in urban school settings / Barbara Purdum-Cassidy and Karon LeCompte -- Affirming the identities of English learners through purposeful, project-based literacy instruction / Catherine Reischl and Debi Khasnabis -- Using critical pedagogies for increasing English language learners' reading and writing achievement / Cherese Childers-McKee, Libra N. Boyd, and Corliss Brown Thompson -- How does your garden grow? : using nature to bridge the language gap with young English learners / Elena King and Michelle Plaisance -- Culturally relevant texts and urban English language learners / Jessica Meehan -- Moving beyond Apartheid schooling and "adequate education" : empowering the minoritized through critical media literacy / Elena M. Venegas -- "Started from the bottom now we here" : helping educators to empower urban students about their futures by liberating them from cultural past / Lakia M. Scott and Marcia Watson -- Teaching with technology : apps and social media for the urban literacy classroom / Jason Trumble and Michael Mills -- Preparing pre-service teachers for differentiation via instructional technology / Leanne Howell and Brent Merritt -- Professional development and classroom resources for the urban elementary literacy educator / Sherry McElhannon and Jessica Rogers.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Language arts (Elementary) -- United States.
City children -- Education (Elementary) -- United States.
Culturally relevant pedagogy -- United States.
Added Author Scott, Lakia, editor.
Purdum-Cassidy, Barbara, editor.
Other Form: Online version: Culturally affirming literacy practices for urban elementary students Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016 9781475826449 (DLC) 2016031507
ISBN 9781475826418 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
1475826419 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
9781475826425 (paperback) (alkaline paper)
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