Moving Critical Literacies Forward

Taking the pulse of current efforts to do-and, in some cases, undo-critical literacy, international authors explore and critique its implementation in learning contexts around the globe.

"Excellently framed, complete, and coherent, Moving Critical Literacies Forward summarises a great deal of relevant and up-to-date literature and makes old and new thinking accessible to others." Alan Rogers, Honorary Professor University of East Anglia, UK "Drawing from cutting-edge scholars and practitioners in Australia, South Africa, Europe, and North America, this volume provides current theoretical frameworks and tensions alongside notable exemplars of groundbreaking practice." Noah Asher Golden, Instructor, Hunter CollegeCity University of New York and Teachers College, USA

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Jessica Zacher Pandya is Associate Professor, California State University Long Beach, USA.

JuliAnna Ávila is Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina Charlotte, USA.

Zusammenfassung
Taking the pulse of current efforts to doand, in some cases, undocritical literacy, international authors explore and critique its implementation in learning contexts around the globe.

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Contents

Foreword
Jerome C. Harste

Preface

1. Introduction: Making the Road by Talking: Moving Critical Literacies Forward
   Jessica Zacher Pandya & JuliAnna Ávila

Section I. Theoretical Frameworks and Arguments for Critical Literacy

2. Defining Critical Literacy
   Allan Luke

3. The Importance of Critical Literacy
   Hilary Janks

4. Unrest in Grosvenor Square: Preparing for Power in Elite Boarding Schools, Working-Class Public Schools, and Socialist Sunday Schools
   Patrick J. Finn

Section II. Critiquing Critical Literacy in Practice

5. Thinking critically in the land of princesses and giants: The affordances and challenges of critical approaches in the early years
   Beryl Exley, Annette Woods & Karen Dooley

6. Where Poems Hide: Finding Reflective, Critical Spaces inside Writing Workshop
   Amy Flint & Tasha Tropp Laman

7. Critical Literacy Across the Curriculum: Learning to read, question and re-write designs
   Barbara Comber & Helen Nixon

8. Looking and Listening for Critical Literacy: Recognizing Ways Youth Perform Critical Literacy in School
   Elisabeth Johnson & Lalitha Vasudevan

9. Communities as Counter-storytelling (Con)texts: The Role of Community-Based Educational Institutions in the Development of Critical Literacy and Transformative Action
   Enid Rosario-Ramos & Laura Johnson

Section III. Revisions of Critical Literacy

10. Text Complexity: The Battle for Critical Literacy in the Common Core State Standards
    Michael Moore, Don Zancanella & JuliAnna Ávila

11. What Counts as Critical Literacy in the Japanese Context: Its Possibilities and Practical Approaches Under the Global-National Curriculum
    Shinya Takekawa

12. Standardizing, and Erasing, Critical Literacy in High-Stakes Settings
    Jessica Zacher Pandya

13. Inquiry into the Incidental Unfolding of Social Justice Issues: 20 Years of Seeking Out Possibilities for Critical Literacies
    Vivian Maria Vasquez

14. Conclusion: Affective and Global Ecologies: New Directions for Critical Literacy
    Cynthia Lewis

List of Contributors
Index