{"product_id":"literacy-policies-and-practices-in-conflict-9780415527415","title":"Literacy Policies and Practices in Conflict","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCurrent U.S. school reform efforts link school success, student achievement, and teacher performance to standardized tests and narrowly prescribed curricula. How do test-driven, mandated curricula in urban school systems overtly and subtly impact teachersâ efforts to provide technologically advanced, challenging classroom environments that foster literacy development for all students? How do these federal policies affect instruction at the classroom level?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe premise of this book is that, in order for teachers to confront and\/or counteract the pressures placed on them from these policies, it is necessary to first understand them. This book takes a close look at the tensions that exist between federal mandates and contemporary literacy needs and how those tensions impact classroom practices. Providing a clear sociopolitical overview and analysis, it combines theoretical explanations with examples from current ethnographic research. Readers are challenged to (re)consider whethe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book will certainly stimulate important discussion.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacqueline Edmondson, Associate Vice President and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Penn State University, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This volume not only lauds the possibilities of the power of the new technologies but critiques its uses and makes suggestions on how the power of technology can be used in school and community settings to empower learners.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYetta Goodman, Regents’ Professor Emerita, University of Arizona, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of LERN Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNancy Rankie Shelton \u0026amp; Bess Altwerger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Literacy policies and practices in conflict \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Redefining Literacy in Networked World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Lohnes Watulak \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Federal education policy: Roadblock or reform? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNancy Rankie Shelton \u0026amp; Bess Altwerger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Literacy Stance Continuum: From transmission to transformation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBess Altwerger \u0026amp; Nancy Rankie Shelton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: Teaching and learning in \"Reformed\" classrooms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Schools and communities: Multiple voices, divergent goals \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eB. P. (Barbara) Laster \u0026amp; Janese Daniels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: The new digital divide: Challenges and opportunities for using technology to develop 21st century literacies in urban schools\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Lohnes Watulak, B. P. (Barbara) Laster \u0026amp; Xiaoming Liu\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: \"Zero inch voices\": Imposing silence in primary classrooms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJanese Daniels, Xiaoming Liu \u0026amp; Bess Altwerger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Resisting colonization in the intermediate classroom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeresa Helm Filbert \u0026amp; Nancy Rankie Shelton \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Adolescent learners: \"Kids don’t choose this life\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCheryl North \u0026amp; Nancy Rankie Shelton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: Envisioning literacy policies and practices for tomorrow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Meeting the needs of every child in an era of reform\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eB. P. (Barbara) Laster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Down the Rabbit Hole: Reform, Resistance, and Respect\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorna McDermott, Nancy Rankie Shelton \u0026amp; Cheryl North\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402131251543,"sku":"9780415527415","price":46.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415527415.jpg?v=1730479486","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/literacy-policies-and-practices-in-conflict-9780415527415","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}