Bridging Literacy and Equity: The Essential Guide to Social Equity Teaching

by Althier M. Lazar, Gwendolyn Thompson McMillon, Patricia A. Edwards

Book Overview

Bridging Literacy and Equity synthesizes the essential research and practice of social equity literacy teaching in one succinct, user-friendly volume. 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 understanding relationships between race, class, culture, and literacy; the complexity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807753475
• ISBN13: 9780807753477
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"