1st Edition

Students' Identities and Literacy Learning

By Sarah J. McCarthey, Ira Copyright 2003
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

Educators will find in this book an opportunity to examine the multiple, dynamic identities of the students they instruct and to consider the ways in which all teachers and students are shaped by their social and cultural settings. The volume is the first to examine theories of identity and elementary literacy practices by presenting data in a teacher-friendly format. The chapters highlight the... Read more
Contents: Introduction. Situating Identity in Theory, Research, and Practice. Appropriation, Resistance, and Transformation in a Writing Workshop. Appropriating, Resisting, and Transforming Norms in a Literature-Based, Multiage Classroom. Appropriation, Resistance, and Transformation in Reading Workshop, and Reading Renaissance. Understanding Students Within Their Social Contexts.

Biography

Sarah J. McCarthey