Taking on Critical Literacy: The Journey of Newcomers and Novices Page 1 What does critical
literacy look like in the classrooms of teachers who are just beginning to implement critical …

In this innovative and engaging text, Vivian Maria Vasquez draws on her own classroom
experience to demonstrate how issues raised from everyday conversations with pre …

This popular text articulates a powerful theory of critical literacy—in all its complexity. Critical
literacy practices encourage students to use language to question the everyday world …

In this talk, Jerome Harste and Vivian Vasquez signify the importance of students becoming
agents of text who seek out ways of inquiry and multiple ways of meaning. They demonstrate …

This book explores the ways in which teachers can use critical literacy as a framework for
teaching and learning. The book shares the varied experiences of its authors as they attempt …

Through stories from kindergarten to sixth grade classrooms where students and teachers
have attempted to put a critical edge on their teaching, this book shows critical literacy in …

Studying critical literacies includes examining how research practices influence what is
learned about classroom activity and the world. This article highlights the processes and …

Children’s Everyday Literacies: Intersections of Popular Culture and Language Arts Instruction
Page 1 Superman Spiderman Little Robin Batman Peter Pan Hercules (“the Walt Disney …

Within the past decade more attention has been paid to visual literacy. This is particularly
exciting, especially with the proliferation of visual messages that we encounter daily …

Literacy specialists and coaches are called upon for literacy leadership in schools and often
wrestle with the tensions of implementing top-down reforms and making room for teacher …