Global Conversations in Literacy Research: Digital and Critical Literacies [Hardcover]

In this volume, renowned literacy and language education scholars who have shaped policy and practice aimed toward social justice and equity address current intellectual and practical issues in the teaching of literacy in classrooms and educational environments across diverse and international settings. Drawn from talks that were presented live and hosted by Global Conversations in Literacy Research (GCLR), an online open-access critical literacy project, this book provides access, in edited written form, to these scholars critically and historically situated talks. Bringing together talks on diverse topicsincluding digital and media literacy, video games, critical literacy, and ESOLAlbers preserves the scholars critical discourses to engage readers in the conversation. Offering a broad and expansive understanding of what literacy has to offer for scholars, teachers, and students, this book demonstrates the importance of positioning literacy as a social practice and brings critical literacy to a global audience.

1. Critical Literacy, School Improvement, and the Four Resources Model  2. What Do We Mean By Literacy Now: Critical Curricular Implications   3. Doing Critical Literacy  4. Towards an Ecologically-Valid, Scientifically Rigorous, Theory of Learning-To-Read  5. Exploring Literacy and Identity at Multiple Timescales  6. Ethically Based Literacy Assessment Within a New Literacy Framework  7. How Affordances of Digital Tool Use Foster Critical Literacy  8. New Mobile Literacies  9. Constructing the Child at Play: From the Schooled Child to Technotoddlers and Back Again  10. Young Childrens Online Practices: Past, Present and Future  11. Books and Games  12. Living in a Digital World: Literacy, Learning, and Videogames&lCh