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.
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City children -- Education (Elementary) -- United States.
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Culturally relevant pedagogy -- United States.
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Added Author |
Scott, Lakia, editor.
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Purdum-Cassidy, Barbara, editor.
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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) |
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1475826419 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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9781475826425 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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1475826427 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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