Contributors to this book have illuminated the practices of literacy and learning in the lives of urban youth. Their descriptions and assessments of these practices are anchored in perspectives of New Literacy Studies. The ten studies explore a number of urban scenes in order to engage, understand, and present multiple youth identities, attitudes, activities, representations, and stories connected to a range of situated, adaptive, and voluntary uses of literacy. The authors use a variety of conceptual and methodological approaches to explicate the various skills, the distinct methods of...
Contributors to this book have illuminated the practices of literacy and learning in the lives of urban youth. Their descriptions and assessments of t...
"Today there is massive interest in how digital tools and popular culture are transforming learning out of school and lots of dismay at how digitally lost our schools are. Jabari Mahiri works his usual magic and here shows us how to cross this divide in a solidly grounded and beautifully written book." ---James Paul Gee, Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies, Arizona State University
""Digital Tools in Urban Schools" is a profoundly sobering yet inspiring depiction of the potential for committed educators to change the lives of urban youth, with the assistance of a new...
"Today there is massive interest in how digital tools and popular culture are transforming learning out of school and lots of dismay at how digital...
For first-year teachers entering the nationa's urban schools the task of establishing a strong and successful practice is often extremely challenging. In this compelling look at first-year teachersa' practice in urban schools editors Jabari Mahiri and Sarah Warshauer Freedman demonstrate how a program of systematic classroom research by teachers themselves enables them to effectively target instruction and improve their own practice. The book organizes the teachersa' research into three broad areas corresponding to issues the new teachers identified as the most challenging. The First Year of...
For first-year teachers entering the nationa's urban schools the task of establishing a strong and successful practice is often extremely challenging....
For first-year teachers entering the nationa's urban schools the task of establishing a strong and successful practice is often extremely challenging. In this compelling look at first-year teachersa' practice in urban schools editors Jabari Mahiri and Sarah Warshauer Freedman demonstrate how a program of systematic classroom research by teachers themselves enables them to effectively target instruction and improve their own practice. The book organizes the teachersa' research into three broad areas corresponding to issues the new teachers identified as the most challenging. The First Year of...
For first-year teachers entering the nationa's urban schools the task of establishing a strong and successful practice is often extremely challenging....
