Literacy for a Better World: The Promise of Teaching in Diverse Classrooms

Language and Literacy

by Laura Schneider Vanderploeg

This book brings literacy research and culturally relevant pedagogy together to offer a comprehensive vision of what socially just teaching can look like in the secondary English classroom. The author, an experienced professional developer and teacher, provides a powerful framework for analyzing classroom instruction with regard to ideals of stance, relevance, access, identity , and agency . Chapters provide models that have worked in real classrooms, including a model for developing units of study in social justice. The final chapter addresses how educational leaders can create conditions for socially just teaching and learning in today’s diverse schools. Book

Genres: Teaching

192 pages, Paperback

First published August 10, 2012