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Critical Literacy Practice

Applications of Critical Theory in Diverse Settings

  • Shows how critical literacy can be applied in and beyond the classroom setting
  • Offers a balance of theory and practice that leads to successful critical literacy practices in education
  • Stresses the importance of critical literacy in bringing about critical consciousness and social justice

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Introduction: Overview of the Book

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Rationales and Purposes of Book

      • Bogum Yoon, Rukhsar Sharif
      Pages 3-8
  3. Critical Literacy Practice in Elementary School Settings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
  4. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
    2. Discussion: Analysis of Themes Across Chapter Studies

      • Rukhsar Sharif, Bogum Yoon
      Pages 181-188
    3. Future Directions for Critical Literacy Practice

      • Bogum Yoon, Rukhsar Sharif
      Pages 189-192
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 193-215

About this book

This edited book shows how critical literacy can be applied in and outside the classroom setting. It shows educators how critical theory is applied in practice using studies in diverse K-16 settings, kindergarten through university contexts. By providing specific examples of critical literacy practice in the classroom and beyond, the book aims to help teachers, researchers and teacher educators make clear connections between theory and practice in critical literacy.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Graduate School of Education, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, USA

    Bogum Yoon, Rukhsar Sharif

About the editors

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. Yoon’s research areas include critical literacy, multicultural education, English language learners and cultural and social identity. Her most recent articles are published in the American Educational Research Journal, The Reading Teacher and the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. Yoon’s co-edited book, Teachers’ Roles in Second Language Learning: Classroom Applications of Sociocultural Theory has been recently published.

Rukhsar Sharif is a doctoral candidate at the Graduate School of Education at the State University of New York at Binghamton. She has taught preschool and elementary school students in New York and middle and high school students in Rwanda. Recently, she has been involvedin conducting research in the fields of multicultural education and critical theory in the university context.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Critical Literacy Practice

  • Book Subtitle: Applications of Critical Theory in Diverse Settings

  • Editors: Bogum Yoon, Rukhsar Sharif

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-567-9

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-287-566-2Published: 26 August 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1258-7Published: 23 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-287-567-9Published: 17 August 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 215

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Literacy

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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