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Author Lazar, Althier M., author.

Title Bridging literacy and equity : the essential guide to social equity teaching / Althier M. Lazar, Patricia A. Edwards, Gwendolyn Thompson McMillon ; Foreword by Geneva Gay.

Publication Info. New York : Teachers College Press, [2012]

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 Moore Stacks  LC4091 .L39 2012    Available  ---
Description xiii, 146 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Language and literacy series
Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-134) and index.
Contents ch. 1. Social equity literacy teaching matters -- Social equity literacy teaching : what teachers need -- Teachers- a major factor in literacy achievement -- Teacher commitment -- Seeing the responsibility to teach -- Empowering disempowered teachers -- Using this book to guide social equity literacy teaching -- ch. 2. Different doesn't mean deficit -- Poverty : statistics don't tell the whole story -- The nuances of how poverty and literacy relate -- What race and racism have to do with it -- Rethinking racism : Brown v. Board of Education -- Response to disenfrachisement -- Understanding capital -- Offsetting negative conditions -- ch. 3. Beyond heroes and holidays : the complexity and relevance of culture -- The complexity and relevance of culture -- Understanding how culture is reflected in school addressing culture makes a difference -- ch. 4. Variation is normal : recognizing many literacies and langagues -- Many literacies -- Standaradized forms of English -- ch. 5. From spirituals to hip-hop : teaching in the third space -- Making connections with students in third space -- Conditions that foster learning -- Exploring third-space teaching through African American churches -- Implementing components of third-space teaching -- Using unofficial literacies to inform classroom instruction -- ch. 6. Students taking action : critical approaches to teaching -- Using literacy as an instrument for social change -- Critical pedagogy aligns with culturally relevant teaching -- Using critical literacy to read and interpret texts -- Becoming critical isn't easy -- Complicating students' understandings about power and race -- ch. 7. Transforming teachers -- Teachers have biases, but they can change -- Exploring racial identity -- Racial identity development and literacy teaching -- Examining privilege and subordination -- Accessing school-valued discourses.
Subject Children with social disabilities -- Education -- United States.
Children with social disabilities -- Education.
United States.
Language arts -- United States.
Language arts.
Multicultural education -- United States.
Multicultural education.
Added Author Edwards, Patricia A. (Patricia Ann), 1949- author.
McMillon, Gwendolyn Thompson, author.
ISBN 9780807753484 (hardcover) (acid-free paper)
0807753483 (hardcover) (acid-free paper)
9780807753477 (paperback) (alkaline paper)
0807753475 (paperback) (alkaline paper)