Culturally Sustaining Literacy Pedagogies: Honoring Students' Heritages, Literacies, and Languages

This practical book guides literacy teachers in operationalizing research on culturally sustaining pedagogy (CSP) to reach all students, offering models in elementary and adolescent classrooms and considerations for implementation across K–12 contexts. It features authentic examples of CSP in practice and includes photographs, trade books, and lesson examples.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 30 August 2022
Publisher: Teachers' College Press

Offers practical strategies for creating classroom environments and learning experiences that foster students' literacy and language development, engagement with school, and critical consciousness.
Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy (CSP) is a research-based approach to teaching that aims to reach all students by creating classroom environments and learning experiences that foster their literacy and language development, engagement with school, and critical consciousness. This practical book guides pre- and inservice educators in creating such environments and experiences, and explores questions about how CSP is enacted in classrooms and how it impacts students, especially in schools that are heavily influenced by standardized testing and curricula. Readers will find concrete examples of how CSP is being used to shape students' identities and their literacy abilities.

The book is organized in three sections: Part I offers models in elementary classrooms, Part II presents models in classrooms for adolescents and youth, and Part III illustrates considerations for implementing CSP across K–12 contexts. Each section includes authentic examples of culturally sustaining literacy pedagogy across multiple grade levels, photographs, trade books, and lesson examples that reflect culturally relevant and sustaining teaching in actual classrooms.

The book provides practical strategies for creating classroom environments and learning experiences that foster students' literacy and language development, engagement with school, and critical consciousness. It emphasizes the importance of creating a culturally responsive classroom environment that values and respects students' diverse backgrounds, experiences, and languages.

One of the key themes of the book is the importance of using culturally relevant and sustaining texts in the classroom. CSP recognizes that students' literacy and language development is shaped by the texts they read and the experiences they have with them. The book provides examples of how teachers can use culturally relevant and sustaining texts to engage students and promote their literacy and language development.

Another theme of the book is the importance of creating a classroom environment that is inclusive and equitable for all students. CSP recognizes that students from diverse backgrounds may face barriers to literacy and language development, and the book provides strategies for creating a classroom environment that is inclusive and equitable for all students.

The book also includes a chapter on assessment and evaluation in CSP. CSP recognizes that assessment and evaluation should be used to support students' learning and development, and the book provides strategies for using assessment and evaluation to support culturally sustaining pedagogy.

In conclusion, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy (CSP) is a research-based approach to teaching that aims to reach all students by creating classroom environments and learning experiences that foster their literacy and language development, engagement with school, and critical consciousness. This practical book guides pre- and inservice educators in creating such environments and experiences, and provides authentic examples of culturally sustaining literacy pedagogy across multiple grade levels. The book emphasizes the importance of using culturally relevant and sustaining texts, creating a classroom environment that is inclusive and equitable for all students, and using assessment and evaluation to support culturally sustaining pedagogy.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780807767023