1st Edition
Identity-Based Literacy Instruction for Early Childhood and Elementary Classrooms Learning to Be Readers and Writers
By Christopher J. Wagner
Copyright 2025
158 Pages
21 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
158 Pages
21 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
158 Pages
21 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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An essential text in literacy and teaching methods, this book introduces the concept of identity in literacy learning and provides guidance toward designing identity-based literacy instruction in early childhood and elementary classrooms. An identity approach to literacy learning asks teachers to see and engage with the ways that children make and remake ideas about who they are as readers and... Read more
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: Literacy Learning as Becoming
2. Looking to Identity to Guide Literacy Instruction
3. Strand 1: Community
4. Strand 2: Skills
5. Strand 3: Membership
6. Strand 4: Reflection and Narrative-Making
7. Designing Identity-Based Literacy Instruction
8. Conclusion: Classrooms as Spaces of Possibility
Appendix A: Identity-Based Literacy Instruction Unit Plan Template
Appendix B: Identity-Based Literacy Instruction Lesson Plan Template
Index
Biography
Christopher J. Wagner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at Queens College, City University of New York, USA.
