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Bridging Literacy and Equity: The Essential Guide to Social Equity Teaching (Language and Literacy Series)
Bridging Literacy and Equity The Essential Guide to Social Equity Teaching - Language and Literacy Series Author:Althier M. Lazar, Patricia A. Edwards, Gwendolyn Thompson McMillon Extraordinary K-12 teachers show us what social equity literacy teaching looks like and how it advances children's achievement. Chapters identify six key dimensions of social equity teaching that can help teachers see their students' potential and create conditions that will support their literacy development. Serving students well depends on un... more »derstanding relationships between race, class, culture, and literacy; the complexity and significance of culture; and the culturally situated nature of literacy. It also requires knowledge of culturally responsive practices, such as collaborating with and learning from caregivers, using cultural referents, enacting critical and transformative literacy practices, and seeing the capacities of English Language Learners and children who speak African American Language.« less