Publisher's Synopsis
Community Literacy in Elementary Classrooms: Creating Inclusive Literacy-Learning Environments builds on the foundations of culturally relevant and responsive pedagogy by examining the role of a school's community in creating meaningful and empowering literacy learning opportunities for elementary students. Practicing teachers and graduate students will gain new insights into the application of culturally responsive pedagogy by focusing on their students' families and communities. Undergraduate preservice teachers who read this book will learn about the importance of creating literacy lessons that immerse their future students in cultural competence and critical consciousness (Ladson-Billings, 1995) so that they will enter the profession ready to connect to their students' families and communities and create authentic, meaningful literacy lessons. This text will greatly enhance literacy methods courses, as well as culturally responsive teaching methods.
