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Critical Literacies

Global and Multicultural Perspectives

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Bogum Yoon

    1. SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, USA

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  • Discusses critical literacies from global and multicultural perspectives
  • Provides comprehensive coverage of critical literacies by pursuing a balanced approach to theory, research and practice
  • Illustrates the interlinked nature of critical literacies, global education, and multicultural education
  • Documents and critically analyses teachers’ case studies in diverse classrooms
  • Offers a model of critical global literacies for teachers and teacher educators

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Overview, Rationale, Foundation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Bogum Yoon
      Pages 3-13

    3. Rationale for the Project

      • Bogum Yoon
      Pages 15-23

    4. Theoretical Foundation of Critical Literacies and Global and Multicultural Education

      • Bogum Yoon
      Pages 25-56

  3. Teachers’ Examples in Diverse Classroom Settings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. Case Studies in the High School Classroom

      • Bogum Yoon
      Pages 59-77

    3. Case Studies in the Middle School Classroom

      • Bogum Yoon
      Pages 79-104

    4. Case Studies in the Elementary Classroom

      • Bogum Yoon
      Pages 105-117

    5. Understanding Teachers’ Instruction from Broader Perspectives

      • Bogum Yoon
      Pages 119-144

  4. Practical Suggestions for Critical Global Literacies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. Across the Curriculum and the Text

      • Bogum Yoon
      Pages 147-161

    3. Future Research and Practice

      • Bogum Yoon
      Pages 163-171

    4. Conclusion

      • Bogum Yoon
      Pages 173-178

  5. Erratum: Critical Literacies

    • Bogum Yoon
    Pages E1-E2
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About this book

This book offers comprehensive coverage of critical literacies by pursuing a balanced approach to theory, research, and practice. By clarifying the gaps among the frameworks of critical literacies, the author discusses new ways of approaching them from global and multicultural perspectives and provides an instructional model of critical global literacies that draws on her own experience and an extensive literature review. This insightful book also documents teachers’ case studies, focusing on their voices and instructional approaches in diverse classrooms. The author critically analyses the case studies and offers important suggestions for future research and practice.

Authors and Affiliations

  • SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, USA

    Bogum Yoon

About the author

Bogum Yoon, Ph. D. is an associate professor of literacy education in the Graduate School of Education at the State University of New York at Binghamton. She has worked in the field of language and literacy as a teacher educator, both in South Korea and the United States. Her research interests include critical literacies, global and multicultural education, and immigrant English language learners. Her work has been published in the American Educational Research Journal, the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Middle Grades Research Journal, and the Reading Teacher. Yoon’s edited books, Teachers’ Roles in Second Language Learning: Classroom Applications of Sociocultural Theory,  and Critical Literacy Practice: Applications of Critical Theory in Diverse Settings, illustrate that her scholarship interest is in making a close link between theory and practice. This book, Critical Literacies: Global and Multicultural Perspectives shows Yoon’s teaching and scholarship committment to teacher education.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Critical Literacies

  • Book Subtitle: Global and Multicultural Perspectives

  • Authors: Bogum Yoon

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-943-1

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-287-941-7Published: 18 December 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5731-2Published: 09 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-287-943-1Published: 10 December 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 178

  • Topics: Literacy

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