1st Edition

Teaching K-8 Reading Disrupting 10 Literacy Myths

218 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

218 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

218 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Accessible and engaging, this methods textbook provides a roadmap for improving reading instruction. Leland, Lewison, and Harste explain why certain ineffective or debunked literacy techniques prevail in the classroom, identify the problematic assumptions that underly these popular myths, and offer better alternatives for literacy teaching. Grounded in a mantra that promotes critical thinking and... Read more

Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Disrupting Commonplace Knowledge

3. Classroom Practices that Help Students Disrupt Commonplace Knowledge

4. Interrogating Multiple Perspectives

5. Classroom Practices that Help Readers Interrogate Multiple Perspectives

6. Focusing on Sociopolitical Issues

7. Classroom Practices that Help Students Focus on Sociopolitical Issues

8. Taking Action to Promote Social Justice

9. Classroom Practices that Support Taking Social Action

About the Authors

Bibliography of Children’s and Adolescent Literature

Bibliography of Professional Publications

Index

Biography

Christine H. Leland is Professor Emerita of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, USA.

Mitzi Lewison is Professor of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.

Jerome C. Harste is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Language, Literacy, and Culture at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.