Reclaiming Powerful Literacies - New Horizons for Critical Discourse Analysis

Zusatztext "Rebecca Rogers' book takes the field of literacy studies into new ground. Richly theorized and beautifully illustrated through compelling examples of situated practice! it demonstrates how teachers might enable powerful literacies whereby students and teachers can work together to learn about social justice and take action."--Barbara Comber! Research Professor of Education! University of South Australia Informationen zum Autor Rebecca Rogers is Professor of Education at University of Missouri–St. Louis, USA. Zusammenfassung Drawing from original research in a range of public, educational spaces, and showcasing a variety of powerful literacies in action, Rogers offers a unique, reflexive framework for Critical Discourse Analysis focused on positive discourses of hope, transformation, and liberation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Powerful Literacy Practices and Critical Discourse Analysis 2. Learning about Workers’ Rights: Critical Literacy in a Kindergarten Classroom 3. Agitating for Environmental Sustainability: 6th Graders Design a Museum Exhibit 4. Reading, Writing, and Responding to Racism with Ferguson: Racial Literacy in Action 5. Creating Space for Democracy and Public Contribution to School Governance: An Elected School Board’s Use of CDA 6. Mobilizing Positively Oriented CDA to Transform Literacy Education: Reflections, Critiques, and New Directions

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Rogers, Rebecca (University of Missouri-St. Louis Rogers, Rogers Rebecca
• Assisted by: Rogers Rebecca (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138635920
• ISBN: 978-1-138-63592-0
• No. of pages: 142
• Series: Expanding Literacies in Education; Expanding Literacies in Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; EDUCATION / General, Discourse Analysis, EDUCATION / Research, EDUCATION / Student Life & Student Affairs, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, Secondary Schools, Teaching of a specific subject, Higher education, tertiary education, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Literature: history and criticism, Literacy strategies, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Primary and middle schools