Multicultural Literature And Literacies

Author : Suzanne Miale Miller,Suzanne M. Miller,Barbara McCaskill
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0791416453

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Multicultural Literature and Literacies by Suzanne Miale Miller,Suzanne M. Miller,Barbara McCaskill Pdf

Does literature serve a humanizing function? Can it achieve social transformation? What roles does literature play for defining self, creating community, and achieving global perspective? This is the first book to thoroughly explore the methods by which educators, creative writers, and policymakers have constructed workable models of teaching literature in multicultural classrooms. The authors provide an interdisciplinary dialogue on the setbacks, solutions, silences, and successes that often occur in classes of multicultural literature. They all take the stance that definitions of literacy and literature originate as much outside the classroom as within it. With the inclusion of essays by writers themselves--a feature provided by no other book on this subject--the authors offer a unique vocalization of the nationalistic, economic, empowering, and moral purposes that reading and writing serve. The book also includes a current guide to selected resources in multicultural literature, in hopes of encouraging and facilitating instructors in the transformation of their own literature courses into multicultural ones.

Author : Barbara J. Diamond,Margaret A. Moore
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015031762936

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Multicultural Literacy by Barbara J. Diamond,Margaret A. Moore Pdf

Author : AnnMarie Alberton Gunn,Susan, V. Bennett
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000843163

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Teaching Multicultural Children’s Literature in a Diverse Society by AnnMarie Alberton Gunn,Susan, V. Bennett Pdf

This textbook is a comprehensive resource for teaching multicultural children’s literature. Providing foundational information on how and why to integrate diverse children’s literature into the classroom, this book presents a necessary historical perspective on cultural groups in the United States and context for how to teach children’s literature in a way that reflects and sustains students’ rich cultural backgrounds. The historical insights and context on diverse cultural groups at the heart of the book allow readers to deepen their understanding of why teaching about cultural diversity is necessary for effective and inclusive education. Part I offers foundational information on how to teach children’s literature in a diverse society, and Part II overviews pedagogy, resources, and guidance for teaching specific culturally and linguistically marginalized groups. Each chapter contains book recommendations, discussion questions, and additional resources for teachers. With authentic strategies and crucial background knowledge embedded in each chapter, this text is essential reading for pre-service and in-service teachers and is ideal for courses in children’s literature, literacy methods instruction, and multicultural education.

Author : Bernardo M. Ferdman,Rose-Marie Weber,Arnulfo G. Ramirez
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0791418154

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Literacy Across Languages and Cultures by Bernardo M. Ferdman,Rose-Marie Weber,Arnulfo G. Ramirez Pdf

This book examines the linkage between literacy and linguistic diversity, embedding them in their social and cultural contexts. It illustrates that a more complete understanding of literacy among diverse populations and in multicultural societies requires attention to issues of literacy per se as well as to improving an educational process that has relevance beyond members of majority cultures and linguistic groups. The focus of the book is on the social and cultural contexts in which literacy develops and is enacted, with an emphasis on the North American situation. Educators and researchers are discovering that cognitive approaches, while very valuable, are insufficient by themselves to answer important questions about literacy in heterogeneous societies. By considering the implications of family, school, culture, society, and nation for literary processes, the book answers the following questions. In a multi-ethnic context, what does it mean to be literate? What are the processes involved in becoming and being literate in a second language? In what ways is literacy in a second language similar and in what ways is it different from mother-tongue literacy? What factors must be understood to better describe and facilitate literacy acquisition among members of ethnic and linguistic minorities? What are some current approaches that are being used to accomplish this? These are vital questions for researchers and educators in a world that has a large number of immigrants, a variety of multi-ethnic and multi-lingual societies, and an increasing degree of multinational activity. Beyond addressing applied concerns, attending to these questions can provide new insights into basic aspects of literacy.

Author : Arlette Ingram Willis,Georgia Earnest Garcia,Rosalinda B. Barrera,Violet J. Harris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135669225

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Multicultural Issues in Literacy Research and Practice by Arlette Ingram Willis,Georgia Earnest Garcia,Rosalinda B. Barrera,Violet J. Harris Pdf

Brings together current research that addresses multicultural issues in literacy theory, research, & practice. Included are a range of methodologies (naturalistic, ethnographic, &

Author : Maria José Botelho,Masha Kabakow Rudman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135653743

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Critical Multicultural Analysis of Children's Literature by Maria José Botelho,Masha Kabakow Rudman Pdf

"Children’s literature is a contested terrain, as is multicultural education. Taken together, they pose a formidable challenge to both classroom teachers and academics.... Rather than deny the inherent conflicts and tensions in the field, in Critical Multicultural Analysis of Children’s Literature: Mirrors, Windows, and Doors, Maria José Botelho and Masha Kabakow Rudman confront, deconstruct, and reconstruct these terrains by proposing a reframing of the field.... Surely all of us – children, teachers, and academics – can benefit from this more expansive understanding of what it means to read books." Sonia Nieto, From the Foreword Critical multicultural analysis provides a philosophical shift for teaching literature, constructing curriculum, and taking up issues of diversity and social justice. It problematizes children’s literature, offers a way of reading power, explores the complex web of sociopolitical relations, and deconstructs taken-for-granted assumptions about language, meaning, reading, and literature: it is literary study as sociopolitical change. Bringing a critical lens to the study of multiculturalism in children’s literature, this book prepares teachers, teacher educators, and researchers of children’s literature to analyze the ideological dimensions of reading and studying literature. Each chapter includes recommendations for classroom application, classroom research, and further reading. Helpful end-of-book appendixes include a list of children’s book awards, lists of publishers, diagrams of the power continuum and the theoretical framework of critical multicultural analysis, and lists of selected children’s literature journals and online resources.

Author : Ambika Gopalakrishnan
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452212906

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Multicultural Children’s Literature by Ambika Gopalakrishnan Pdf

This book is designed to prepare K-12 preservice and inservice teachers to address the social, cultural, and critical issues of our times through the use of multicultural children's books. It will be used as a core textbook in courses on multicultural children's literature and as a supplement in courses on children's literature and social studies teaching methods. It can also be used as a supplement in courses on literacy, reading, language arts, and multicultural education.

Author : Eve Bunting
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780547350110

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One Green Apple by Eve Bunting Pdf

Farah feels alone, even when surrounded by her classmates. She listens and nods but doesn’t speak. It’s hard being the new kid in school, especially when you’re from another country and don’t know the language. Then, on a field trip to an apple orchard, Farah discovers there are lots of things that sound the same as they did at home, from dogs crunching their food to the ripple of friendly laughter. As she helps the class make apple cider, Farah connects with the other students and begins to feel that she belongs. Ted Lewin’s gorgeous sun-drenched paintings and Eve Bunting’s sensitive text immediately put the reader into another child’s shoes in this timely story of a young Muslim immigrant.

Author : Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt,Althier Lazar
Publisher : IAP
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781681232416

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Reconceptualizing Literacy in the New Age of Multiculturalism and Pluralism by Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt,Althier Lazar Pdf

The 2nd Edition of Reconceptualizing Literacy in the New Age of Multiculturalism and Pluralism honors the genius of Dr. Peter Mosenthal. His contributions to the field of literacy were unprecedented. Many described him as a superb researcher who never lost sight of the purpose of education. He made us laugh as he led us in a nursery rhyme song during his National Reading Conference (LRA) Presidential Address and made us think as he explained the significance of educational implications in all research articles. He also mentored and taught graduate students in gentle and carefully attentive ways, showing his respect and appreciation for the work of each individual in the field. He was a remarkable person. The second edition of this book includes many experienced and new scholars from around the world. Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies are scattered throughout and the practical and theoretical are well represented. New Literacies and Global Perspectives are added sections in this volume. In this era of the “Common Core”, Reconceptualizing Literacy in the New Age of Multiculturalism and Pluralism, presents a rational educational balance for literacy development across the curriculum.

Author : Ambika Gopalakrishnan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Children's literature
ISBN : 1452230382

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Multicultural Children's Literature by Ambika Gopalakrishnan Pdf

From the Publisher: This book is designed to prepare K-12 preservice and inservice teachers to address the social, cultural, and critical issues of our times through the use of multicultural children's books. It will be used as a core textbook in courses on multicultural children's literature and as a supplement in courses on children's literature and social studies teaching methods. It can also be used as a supplement in courses on literacy, reading, language arts, and multicultural education.

Author : Suzanne M. Miller,Barbara McCaskill
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1993-10-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781438413211

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Multicultural Literature and Literacies by Suzanne M. Miller,Barbara McCaskill Pdf

Does literature serve a humanizing function? Can it achieve social transformation? What roles does literature play for defining self, creating community, and achieving global perspective? This is the first book to thoroughly explore the methods by which educators, creative writers, and policymakers have constructed workable models of teaching literature in multicultural classrooms. The authors provide an interdisciplinary dialogue on the setbacks, solutions, silences, and successes that often occur in classes of multicultural literature. They all take the stance that definitions of literacy and literature originate as much outside the classroom as within it. With the inclusion of essays by writers themselves—a feature provided by no other book on this subject—the authors offer a unique vocalization of the nationalistic, economic, empowering, and moral purposes that reading and writing serve. The book also includes a current guide to selected resources in multicultural literature, in hopes of encouraging and facilitating instructors in the transformation of their own literature courses into multicultural ones.

Author : Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt,Ann Watts Pailliotet
Publisher : IAP
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781607528654

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Exploring Values Through Literature, Multimedia, and Literacy Events by Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt,Ann Watts Pailliotet Pdf

Exploring Values Through Multimedia, Literature and Literacy Events was written by teachers and educational researchers for classrooms and schools interested in developing learning communities that develop critical and compassionate future citizens. Through the use of specific multimedia, literature and literacy events, this book presents numerous ways for classroom teachers and schools to promote respectful, responsible, caring, and sharing students in a democratic society. Beginning with Plato’s message that we cannot let the formation of good citizens to chance, Exploring Values Through Multimedia, Literature and Literacy Events takes the reader through a brief history of character education and moral development and a summary of multimedia’s impact on our lives. The chapters that follow are devoted to teacher tested classroom and school programs, activities, and resources for the understanding of diverse human perspectives. Included in several chapters are the unique ways classes might analyze how and why information is presented in the media. Due to the constant media bombardment on our lives, the goal if this volume is to support our students as they discern the meanings of truth and justice.

Author : Ricki Ginsberg,Wendy J. Glenn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429629556

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Engaging with Multicultural YA Literature in the Secondary Classroom by Ricki Ginsberg,Wendy J. Glenn Pdf

With a focus on fostering democratic, equitable education for young people, Ginsberg and Glenn’s engaging text showcases a wide variety of innovative, critical classroom approaches that extend beyond traditional literary theories commonly used in K-12 and higher education classrooms and provides opportunities to explore young adult (YA) texts in new and essential ways. The chapters pair YA texts with critical practices and perspectives for culturally affirming and sustaining teaching and include resources, suggested titles, and classroom strategies. Following a consistent structure, each chapter provides foundational background on a key critical approach, applies the approach to a focal YA text, and connects the approach to classroom strategies designed to encourage students to think deeply and critically about texts, themselves, and the world. Offering a wealth of innovative pedagogical tools, this comprehensive volume offers opportunities for students and their teachers to explore key and emerging topics, including culture, (dis)ability, ethnicity, gender, immigration, race, sexual orientation, and social class.

Author : Bogum Yoon
Publisher : Springer
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789812879431

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Critical Literacies by Bogum Yoon Pdf

This book offers comprehensive coverage of critical literacies by pursuing a balanced approach to theory, research, and practice. By clarifying the gaps among the frameworks of critical literacies, the author discusses new ways of approaching them from global and multicultural perspectives and provides an instructional model of critical global literacies that draws on her own experience and an extensive literature review. This insightful book also documents teachers’ case studies, focusing on their voices and instructional approaches in diverse classrooms. The author critically analyses the case studies and offers important suggestions for future research and practice.

Author : Lynn Atkinson Smolen,Ruth A. Oswald Ph.D.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781598844757

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Multicultural Literature and Response by Lynn Atkinson Smolen,Ruth A. Oswald Ph.D. Pdf

This compelling book emphasizes the critical role of quality multicultural literature and reader response in today's schools and libraries. All students need access to books in which they can see themselves—not just their physical appearance, but their culture and language, as well. Multicultural Literature and Response: Affirming Diverse Voices was written to help teachers and librarians find and use the best multicultural books in the service of reading comprehension and more. Underscoring the necessity of selecting quality literature that authentically, sensitively, and accurately portrays different groups, the book defines multicultural literature and provides a strong argument for its importance in schools and libraries. Expert contributors guide users to multicultural authors and illustrators who portrays U.S. ethnic and cultural groups, and they suggest ways to integrate this literature with writing, fluency development, storytelling, and audiovisuals. Extensive lists of books and websites that feature multicultural literature, as well as of authors, illustrators, and publishers of multicultural literature, make it easy to include such works in programs across the curriculum.