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Race, Justice, and Activism in Literacy Instruction

Race, Justice, and Activism in Literacy Instruction

Edited by Valerie Kinloch, Tanja Burkhard and Carlotta Penn

Published by: Teachers College Press

Series: Language & Literacy Series

Imprint: Teachers College Press

240 Pages, 154.00 × 226.00 × 12.00 mm

Paperback
9780807763216
Published: December 2019

£28.99

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Hardcover
9780807763223
Published: December 2019

£89.00

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Contents
Foreword Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Race, Justice, and Activism in Literacy Instruction: An Introduction 1
Valerie Kinloch, Tanja Burkhard, and Carlotta Penn
Part I Overview 11
Carlotta Penn
1. Generations of Fugitive Literacy Teacher Education and Activism 13
Leigh Patel
2. “What Happens Here Can Change the World”: Preparing Literacy Teachers in the Digital Age 23
Detra Price-Dennis
3. Students Developing Critical Language and Literacy Perspectives 35
Ijeoma E. Ononuju, BernNadette T. Best-Green, and Danny C. Martinez
4. Rethinking Curriculum and Pedagogy in Schools: Critical Literacies and Epistemologies in Theory and Practice 53
Limarys Caraballo and Lindsey Lichtenberger
5. Arlene’s Actionist Work: A Case Study of Writing and Self-Activism 71
Maneka D. Brooks and Arlene M. Alvarado
6. Pardon This Disruption: Cultivating Revolutionary Civics Through World Humanities 91
Tamara Butler, Jenell Igeleke Penn, and Johnny Merry
Poetic Musings: Remembering Our Black Youth/Our Black Lives 107
Carlotta Penn, Valerie Kinloch, and Tanja Burkhard
Part II Overview 109
Tanja Burkhard
7. One Love, One Heart 111
Donja Thomas
8. The Politics of Ratchetness: Exploring Race, Literacies, and Social Justice with Black Youth 131
Jamila Lyiscott
9. A Black Lives Matter and Critical Race Theory–Informed Critique of Code-Switching Pedagogy 147
Sina Saeedi and Elaine Richardson
10. Multiliteracies Toward Justice in Literacy Teaching and Research 163
Vaughn W. M. Watson, Matthew R. Deroo, and Erik Skogsberg
11. Braiding Stories Toward a Common Cause: Coalitional Inquiry as Activism 181
María Paula Ghiso, Gerald Campano, Grace Player, Brenda Krishanwongso, and Frianna Gultom
Poetic Musings: Where Do We Go from Here? 201
Tanja Burkhard, Carlotta Penn, and Valerie Kinloch
Not a Conclusion: Keeping Focused on Race, Justice, and Activism in Literacy Instruction 203
Valerie Kinloch
About the Editors and the Contributors 205
Index 207

Valerie Kinloch is the Renée and Richard Goldman Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. Her books include Crossing Boundaries—Teaching and Learning with Urban Youth; Urban Literacies: Critical Perspectives on Language, Learning, and Community; and Harlem on Our Minds: Place, Race, and the Literacies of Urban Youth. Tanja Burkhard is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. Carlotta Penn is director of community partnerships at The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology.

“This volume powerfully and convincingly centers arguments on the significance of antiracist teacher preparation, culturally responsive pedagogy, the power of engaging youth in their own learning, and the necessity of community activism.”- From the Foreword by Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Teachers College, Columbia University