Multicultural issues in literacy research and practice
By: edited by Arlette Ingram Willis ... [et al.].
Contributors: Willis, Arlette Ingram.
Publisher: L. Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
Subjects: Literacy -- Social aspects -- United States; Multicultural education -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Giving voice to multicultural literacy research and practice / Georgia Earnest García; title: Finding Esmerelda's shoes : a case study of a young bilingual child's responses to literature / Eurydice Bouchereau Bauer; title: Examining children's biliteracy in the classroom / Joel Dworin; title: Headwoman's blues : small group reading and the interactions of culture, gender, and ability / Shuaib J. Meacham; title: Fostering collaboration between home and school through curriculum development : perspectives of three Appalachian children / Rosary Lalik, LaNette Dellinger, Richard Druggish; title: Telling the people's stories : literacy practices and processes in a Navajo community school / Teresa L. McCarty, Galena Sells Dick; title: Multicultural views of literacy learning and teaching / Lee Gunderson, Jim Anderson; title: Spanish in Latino picture storybooks in English : its use and textual effects / Rosalinda B. Barrera, Ruth E. Quiroa, Rebeca Valdivia; title: From the mountain to the mesa : scaffolding preservice teachers' knowledge about the cultural contexts of literacy / Sally M. Oran; title: English as a second language, literacy development in mainstream classrooms : application of a model for effective practice / Diane M. Truscott, Susan Watts-Taffe; title: Assessing and assisting performance of diverse learners : a view of responsive teaching in action / Robert Rueda, Erminda Garcia; title: The implementation of a multicultural literacy program in fourth- and fifth-grade classrooms / Margaret A. Moore-Hart, Barbara J. Diamond, John R. Knapp; title: Pitfalls and potential : multicultural literature and teacher study groups / Frances A. Levin, Michael W. Smith, Dorothy S. Strickland; title: Afterword / Arlette Ingram Willis, Violet J. Harris.