Literacy for a better world
Subtitle: the promise of teaching in diverse classrooms
By: Laura Schneider VanDerPloeg ; foreword by David Schaafsma
Series: Language and literacy series
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9780807753514; 9780807753521
Subjects: Critical pedagogy; Study and teaching; Social justice; Literacy
Table of contents: title: Constructing a vision of socially just teaching; title: Building better classroom communities: putting student voices at the center of our teaching; title: The right to their own ideas: socially just classrooms thrive on students' voices; title: Teaching for ownership and independence: helping students develop purpose for their learning; title: When things don't work right: challenges and opportunities for socially just reading.