Advocacy Research in Literacy Education: Seeking Higher Ground

ISBN-13: 9780805850567 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 360 str.

Meredith Rogers Cherland; Helen Harper

Opis

This book reviews what the authors term "advocacy research" in literacy education-- research that explicitly addresses issues of social justice, equity, and democracy with the distinct purpose of social transformation. It surveys what educationa

Recenzje

“This book convincingly and thoroughly makes an argument, and offers conceptual and practical support, for advocacy research in critical literacy education. It represents a brilliant and significant contribution to the field of literacy education.”
—University of Alberta

Spis treści

Contents: Preface. Introduction: Advocacy, Research, and Education. Paulo Freire and Critical Literacy(ies). Radical Counternarratives in Literacy Research I: Feminist and Queer Theory. Radical Counternarratives in Literacy Research II: Postcolonial Theory and Critical Race Theory. Literacy as Social Practice. Linguistic Studies. Why Social Justice? Ethics for Advocacy Research. The Literate Body. Literacy, Democracy, and Freedom.

O autorze

Meredith Rogers Cherland, Helen Harper