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Child Cultures, Schooling, and Literacy: Global Perspectives on Composing Unique Lives book cover

1st Edition

Child Cultures, Schooling, and Literacy Global Perspectives on Composing Unique Lives

Edited By Anne Haas Dyson Copyright 2016
212 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Through analysis of case studies of young children (ages 3 to 8 years), situated in different geographic, cultural, linguistic, political, and socioeconomic sites on six continents, this book examines the interplay of childhoods, schooling, and, literacies. Written language is situated within particular childhoods as they unfold in school. A key focus is on children’s agency in the construction... Read more

Acknowledgements

SECTION 1

Stories of Composing in Childhoods

1 Introduction: Gathering Textual Children

Anne Haas Dyson

　

2 The Situated Cases: Child Agency, Cultural Resources, Language

Anne Haas Dyson and case study authors

Prologue

I. CASES FEATURING CHILD AGENCY: GARETH AND TA’VON

Gareth: The Reluctant Writer

Jackie Marsh

Ta’Von: Negotiating Inclusion in a Stratified World

Anne Haas Dyson

II. CASES FEATURING CULTURAL RESOURCES: DANTI, GUS, AND SHEELA

Danti: Glocalizing Dora the Explorer in Indonesia

Sophie Dewayani

Gus: "I Can’t Write Anything"

Barbara Comber and Lyn Kerkham

Sheela: Finding her Voice

Urvashi Sahni

III. CASES FEATURING LANGUAGE: MIGUEL, NATALIA, AND RAFIKI

Miguel the Artista: A Case of Mismatch and Misguided "Reform"

Celia Genishi

Natalia: "I want to speak Tata’s Language!" Learning and Awakening the Local Language

Iliana Reyes

Rafiki: A Teacher-Pupil

Esther Mukewa Lisanza

Toward Knitting Together Tangled Cases

Anne Haas Dyson

SECTION 2

Thematic Threads of Continuity and Contrast

3 The Relevance of Composing: Children’s Spaces for Social Agency

Barbara Comber

4 Resources for Composing

Peggy J. Miller and Urvashi Sahni

5 The Powers of Language: Toward Remixing Language Policy, Curricula, and Child Identities

Celia Genishi

SECTION 3

On Composing Childhoods

6 Making Space for Missing Childhoods: Implications for Theory, Policy, and Pedagogy

Anne Haas Dyson

Concluding Commentary

Peggy J. Miller

Biography

Anne Haas Dyson is Faculty Excellence Professor, College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA and American Educational Research Fellow.

"It is a book that brings together an impressive combination of experts with understanding drawn from a wide range of contexts. The global inclusiveness of this text will speak to and attract a wide audience and push thinking in the field. The wisdom within this text is exciting and I love the respect demonstrated towards children." - Martine Horvath, EYE

 

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