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Advocacy Research in Literacy Education Seeking Higher Ground
360 Pages
by
Routledge
360 Pages
by
Routledge
360 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book reviews what the authors term advocacy research in literacy education-research that explicitly addresses issues of social justice, equity, and democracy with the distinct purpose of social transformation. It surveys what educational researchers who are working for social justice have accomplished, describes current challenges, and outlines future possibilities. The first... Read more
Contents: Preface. Introduction: Advocacy, Research, and Education. Paulo Freire and Critical Literacy(ies). Radical Counternarratives in Literacy Research I: Feminist and Queer Theory. Radical Counternarratives in Literacy Research II: Postcolonial Theory and Critical Race Theory. Literacy as Social Practice. Linguistic Studies. Why Social Justice? Ethics for Advocacy Research. The Literate Body. Literacy, Democracy, and Freedom.
Biography
Meredith Rogers Cherland, Helen Harper
"...sets the groundwork for a new generation of researchers and advocates for critical literacy and student empowerment...This book works effectively as a powerful contrast to the push toward so-called ‘scientifically-based’ education research and standardization....Highly Recommended." – CHOICE, August 2007, Vol. 44, No. 11
