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Literacy Is Liberation: Working Toward Justice Through Culturally Relevant Teaching

Literacy Is Liberation: Working Toward Justice Through Culturally Relevant Teaching

Paperback

General EducationTeaching Instruction

Publisher Price: $29.95

ISBN10: 1416630902
ISBN13: 9781416630906
Publisher: Assn For Supervision & Curricu
Published: Feb 25 2022
Pages: 165
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Literacy is the foundation for all learning and must be accessible to all students. This fundamental truth is where Kimberly Parker begins to explore how culturally relevant teaching can help students work toward justice. Her goal is to make the literacy classroom a place where students can safely talk about key issues, move to dismantle inequities, and collaborate with one another. Introducing diverse texts is an essential part of the journey, but teachers must also be equipped with culturally relevant pedagogy to improve literacy instruction for all.

In Literacy Is Liberation, Parker gives teachers the tools to build culturally relevant intentional literacy communities (CRILCs) with students. Through CRILCs, teachers can better shape their literacy instruction by

* Reflecting on the connections between behaviors, beliefs, and racial identity.

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