Book Series
Language, Culture, and Teaching Series
New & Published Titles:
Literacy and Power
In this book—a landmark text that is both engaging and accessible—Hilary Janks addresses the following questions and many more:
- Is literacy a skill or a social&8230;
October 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-99963-2 (Routledge)
Language, Culture, and Teaching
Critical Perspectives, 2nd Edition
Distinguished multiculturalist Sonia Nieto speaks directly to current and future teachers in this thoughtful integration of a selection of her key writings with creative pedagogical…
read moreAugust 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-99974-8 (Routledge)
Critical Multicultural Analysis of Children's Literature
Mirrors, Windows, and Doors
"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…
read moreMarch 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-3711-7 (Routledge)
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Toward a Literacy of Promise
Joining the African American Struggle
"[This book] gives us strategies for bringing life back to school; it allows us to think creatively about connecting instruction to the lives of children…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-4536-5 (Routledge)
The Work of Language in Multicultural Classrooms
Talking Science, Writing Science
How does language comprise the implicit or explicit curriculum of teaching and learning in multicultural science settings? Building on a growing interest in the ways…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-6428-1 (Routledge)
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Critical Literacy and Urban Youth
Pedagogies of Access, Dissent, and Liberation
Critical Literacy and Urban Youth offers an interrogation of critical theory developed from the author’s work with young people in classrooms, neighborhoods, and institutions of…
read more2007 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-5664-4 (Routledge)
Beyond Grammar
Language, Power, and the Classroom: Resources for Teachers
Beyond Grammar: Language, Power, and the Classroom asks readers to think about the power of words, the power of language attitudes, and the power of… read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-3715-5 (Routledge)
With Literacy and Justice for All
Rethinking the Social in Language and Education, 3rd Edition
The third edition of With Literacy and Justice for All: Rethinking the Social in Language and Education continues to document Carole Edelsky's long involvement with… read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-5508-1 (Routledge)
Contextualizing College ESL Classroom Praxis
A Participatory Approach to Effective Instruction
Contextualizing College ESL Classroom Praxis: A Participatory Approach to Effective Instruction provides pre-service and in-service teachers with a model for engaging in effective instruction with… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-4988-2 (Routledge)
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Negotiating Critical Literacies With Young Children
Vivian Vasquez draws on her own classroom experience to demonstrate how issues raised from everyday conversations with pre-kindergarten children can be used to create an… read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-4053-7 (Routledge)
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Series Details:
This series of texts for undergraduate- and graduate-level teacher education courses focuses on the intersections of language, culture, and teaching – specifically on how language and culture inform classroom practice. Books in the series are intended as primary or supplementary texts in the growing range of courses that address issues such as, but not limited to, foundations of multicultural education; multicultural children’s literature; teaching diverse populations; foundations of bilingual education; teaching English as a second language; and sociocultural issues in teaching
The primary objectives of the series are to challenge traditional biases about diversity and about students of diverse languages and cultures, and to reframe the conventional idea of the textbook by envisioning classroom practice as critical, creative, and liberatory.
Forthcoming Titles:
Home-School Connections in a Multicultural Society: Learning From and With Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families
Edited by Maria Luiza Dantas, Patrick C. Manyak
To be published December 22nd 2009
Re-framing Literacy: Teaching and Learning in English and the Language Arts
By Richard Andrews
To be published April 4th 2010
Social Justice Pedagogy Across the Curriculum: The Practice of Freedom
Edited by Thandeka K. Chapman, Nikola Hobbel
To be published April 8th 2010