Moving Critical Literacies Forward : A New Look at Praxis Across Contexts (Paperback)

Contents

Foreword
   Jerome C. Harste

Preface

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

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 Avila

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