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Author: Jennifer Alford (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.453kg
ISBN: 9781138669901
ISBN 10: 1138669903
Pages: 190
Publication Date: 25 May 2021
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Current conversations and debates around the culture wars, cancel culture, critical race theory and critical literacy make Jennifer Alford's comprehensive text highly relevant to these times... [...] Alford's considered appraisal of critical literacy and her inclusive analysis of so many of the complex issues surrounding the teaching of critical literacy with EAL students is commendable. She delves into teachers' inherent beliefs, their acquired understandings, what value EAL students bring to the learning, the tensions existing between shifting policy directions and teachers' practices and around the many and varied texts students engage with and are exposed to with respect to access, domination, diversity and design... [...] It is a text worthy of all educators' reading and returning to in our challenging post-truth world in order to empower teachers and students with agency to understand how they are being shaped and with their ability to enact social change. Gloria Latham is currently the co-editor of Literacy Learning: the Middle Years.
"""Current conversations and debates around the culture wars, cancel culture, critical race theory and critical literacy make Jennifer Alford’s comprehensive text highly relevant to these times…"" […] ""Alford’s considered appraisal of critical literacy and her inclusive analysis of so many of the complex issues surrounding the teaching of critical literacy with EAL students is commendable. She delves into teachers’ inherent beliefs, their acquired understandings, what value EAL students bring to the learning, the tensions existing between shifting policy directions and teachers’ practices and around the many and varied texts students engage with and are exposed to with respect to access, domination, diversity and design…"" […] ""It is a text worthy of all educators’ reading and returning to in our challenging post-truth world in order to empower teachers and students with agency to understand how they are being shaped and with their ability to enact social change."" Gloria Latham is currently the co-editor of Literacy Learning: the Middle Years."
Author Information
Jennifer Alford is Associate Professor in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership (Faculty of Creative Industries, Education, and Social Justice) at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. She is a founding member of the global Transnational Critical Literacies Network (TCLN) and co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Critical Literacies.
