ABSTRACT
Centered around the idea that literacy teaching is more than the transmission of strategies and skills, this volume serves as a foundation for approaching literacy from an identity perspective. Through incisive and accessible chapters from top scholars, it introduces readers to the concept of literate identities, examining them across ages and grade levels to present an overview of how scholars and educators can use this concept in their research and teaching.
Organized by developmental level with sections on early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, and cross-age research, contributors reveal how literacy can be framed as an identity practice to engage students and support their development. Applying a range of theoretical perspectives and frameworks, each chapter identifies the identity theory used, explains the relevant methodology and research questions, covers implications for practice, and includes questions or prompts for discussion. The volume reveals how understanding literate identities is at the heart of effective and inclusive literacy instruction by addressing key topics, including culturally relevant pedagogy, intersectionality, and transnationalism, among others. Illuminating multiple pathways to understanding students as readers and writers, this book is essential for teachers, scholars, and researchers in literacy education, research methods, and multicultural education.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Section I|55 pages
Literate Identities in Early Childhood
part Section II|54 pages
Literate Identities in Middle Childhood
chapter 4|16 pages
A Sociocultural Approach to School Literacy
chapter 5|16 pages
Designing Literacy Instruction to Support Reading Identity Negotiations
chapter 6|14 pages
“They Will Shut You Out If They Think You Can't Read”
part Section III|58 pages
Literate Identities in Adolescence
chapter 7|18 pages
How Youth Construct Literacy-Related Identities
chapter 9|15 pages
“Learning to Code … with a Goal that I Get to Determine”
part Section IV|66 pages
Literate Identities Across Childhood and Adolescence