Addressing Diversity in Literacy Instruction: 8 (Literacy Research, Practice and Evaluation, 8) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1787140490 ISBN 13: 9781787140493

Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017

Synopsis

This book presents recent research related to how issues of diversity are addressed within literacy instruction for K-12 learners. Over the last decade, issues of diversity have promulgated within the field of literacy. Recent revisions to teacher education standards call for new approaches to professional development to ensure that educators are positioned to view and utilize diversity as an advantage within their classrooms and notions of what constitutes diversity are expanding.

As the population of learners continues to diversify, literacy teachers must be equipped with knowledge of who their learners are and how to effectively build upon their individual experiences, lifestyles, and ways of seeing the world. A systematic change is needed and this volume is directed at advancing research within the intersectionality between literacy and diversity to contribute towards this important mission.

This volume features prominent literacy researchers sharing their evidence-based successes that are founded upon longstanding and newfound theoretical frameworks. It is suitable for both educators in K-12 and university classroom contexts for teachers, administrators, graduate students, and professors alike.

About this title

About the Author

Evan Ortlieb is a Professor and Coordinator of the Literacy Program in the Department of Education Specialties at St. John’s University in New York City, USA. His expertise includes addressing literacy improvement, literacy teacher preparation, language diversity, and differentiated literacy instruction. 

Earl H. Cheek, Jr is the Patrick and Edwidge Olinde Endowed Professor Emeritus in the Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice at Louisiana State University, USA. As a lifelong literacy leader, he has published widely across fields of content area reading, reading teacher education, diagnostic-perspective methods, and dyslexia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1787140490
• ISBN 13: 9781787140493
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 283
• Editor: Ortlieb Evan, Cheek Earl H. Jr.