International Perspectives on Literacies, Diversities, and Opportunities for Learning: Critical Conversations

This book explores the conceptual framework, opportunities for learning, and the diverse ways learners, families, educators, and researchers have co-constructed opportunities for learning in PK-12 classrooms, community settings, and university classrooms across the globe. It conceptualizes literacy as social practice and discusses a range of literacies, including engineering literacies, community literacies, and bilingual and multicultural literacies, through real-world examples.

Format: Hardback
Length: 276 pages
Publication date: 11 July 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book delves into the intricate interplay of concepts, opportunities for learning, and the dynamic transaction between literacy learners, mediating agents, and the literacy content to be acquired within social, cultural, and historical contexts. Drawing upon the expertise of esteemed scholars from diverse corners of the globe, the chapters in this book offer a captivating glimpse into the diverse ways learners, their families, educators, and researchers have collaboratively constructed learning opportunities across a wide spectrum of PK-12 classrooms, community settings, and university classrooms across the globe. Building upon decades of existing scholarship, contributors conceptualize literacy as a social practice and explore a wide array of literacies, including engineering literacies, community literacies, bilingual and multicultural literacies, and more, through practical and insightful examples. By contextualizing literacy learning within the complex social, cultural, and historical contexts in which students, teachers, and families reside and operate, chapter authors present nuanced, qualitative, and profoundly insightful perspectives on literacy learning. This volume serves as a critical and informative resource, offering a wealth of examples highlighting co-constructed opportunities for learning, making it an essential text for graduate courses in literacy education, as well as for literacy researchers, teacher educators, and educators alike.

Weight: 690g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032015521