{"product_id":"multicultural-issues-and-literacy-achievement-9780805844016","title":"Multicultural Issues and Literacy Achievement","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kathryn Au\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Teaching - Subjects - Reading \u0026amp; Phonics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a sequel to the author's earlier volume entitled, \u003ci\u003eLiteracy Instruction in Multicultural Settings.\u003c\/i\u003e In addition to extensive updating of earlier material, this book extends the content coverage to include issues of power, attitudes, and systemic change through the application of discourse theory and critical theory. In doing so, however, the author has tried to maintain the brevity, stylistic clarity, and classroom focus of the earlier volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKey features of this important new book include: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*\u003cb\u003eTeaching Flexibility.\u003c\/b\u003e Although written with the classroom needs of pre-service teachers in mind, theory and research are treated in sufficient depth to make the book suitable for graduate courses and for teacher study groups. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*\u003cb\u003eIssues Organization.\u003c\/b\u003e Each chapter is organized around familiar issues that characterize schools and classrooms with diverse student populations and explores these issues through new lenses that most teachers have not previously encountered. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*\u003cb\u003eSocial Constructivist Perspective.\u003c\/b\u003e Critical theory, discourse theory, and historical perspective are introduced in order to sensitize readers to the need to recognize negative, socially sustained patterns that hamper literacy achievement and replace them with positive patterns. To this end each chapter asks students to maintain a running list of negative patterns along with alternative positive patterns.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46930570576023,"sku":"9780805844016","price":2857.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780805844016.webp?v=1771607750","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/multicultural-issues-and-literacy-achievement-9780805844016","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}