Critical Literacy and Urban Youth: Pedagogies of Access, Dissent, and Liberation

Description: Critical Literacy and Urban Youth by Ernest Morrell Distinguished by its weaving together of theory and practice, Critical Literacy and Urban Youth offers an interrogation of critical theory developed from the authors work with young people in classrooms, neighborhoods, and institutions of power. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Critical Literacy and Urban Youth offers an interrogation of critical theory developed from the authors work with young people in classrooms, neighborhoods, and institutions of power. Through cases, an articulated process, and a theory of literacy education and social change, Morrell extends the conversation among literacy educators about what constitutes critical literacy while also examining implications for practice in secondary and postsecondary American educational contexts. This book is distinguished by its weaving together of theory and practice.Morrell begins by arguing for a broader definition of the "critical" in critical literacy – one that encapsulates the entire Western philosophical tradition as well as several important "Othered" traditions ranging from postcolonialism to the African-American tradition. Next, he looks at four cases of critical literacy pedagogy with urban youth: teaching popular culture in a high school English classroom; conducting community-based critical research; engaging in cyber-activism; and doing critical media literacy education. Lastly, he returns to theory, first considering two areas of critical literacy pedagogy that are still relatively unexplored: the importance of critical reading and writing in constituting and reconstituting the self, and critical writing that is not just about coming to a critical understanding of the world but that plays an explicit and self-referential role in changing the world. Morrell concludes by outlining a grounded theory of critical literacy pedagogy and considering its implications for literacy research, teacher education, classroom practice, and advocacy work for social change. Back Cover "Morrell challenges preservice and practicing teachers to embrace complex ideas in order to improve their classroom practice, especially if they want their students to become critical and engaged citizens of our nation and world. Critical Literacy and Urban Youth is a passionate book, elegantly written and beautifully developed. Drawing on the ideas of Paulo Freire, Morrell makes no apologies for believing in and trusting both students and teachers. For him, writing and indeed all literacies, are practices of freedom. Confident that teachers can create classrooms and schools that are critical, lively, and hopeful spaces, he provides teachers and those about to enter the profession with inspiration." Sonia Nieto, From the Foreword " an exciting, edgy new book of real interest to contemporary graduate students and researchers in cultural studies and critical literacy. Morrell is clearly doing landmark work in critical literacy with urban youth." Tom Bean, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States Critical Literacy and Urban Youth offers an interrogation of critical theory developed from the authors work with young people in classrooms, neighborhoods, and institutions of power. Through cases, an articulated process, and a theory of literacy education and social change, Morrell extends the conversation among literacy educators about what constitutes critical literacy while also examining implications for practice in secondary and postsecondary American educational contexts. This book is distinguished by its weaving together of theory and practice. Morrell begins by arguing for a broader definition of the "critical" in critical literacy - one that encapsulates the entire Western philosophical tradition as well as several important "Othered" traditions ranging from postcolonialism to the African-American tradition. Next, he looks at four cases of critical literacy pedagogy with urban youth: teaching popular culture in a high school English classroom; conducting community-based critical research; engaging in cyber-activism; and doing critical media literacy education. Lastly, he returns to theory, first considering two areas of critical literacy pedagogy that are still relatively unexplored: the importance of critical reading and writing in constituting and reconstituting the self, and critical writing that is not just about coming to a critical understanding of the world but which plays an explicit and self-referential role in changing the world. Morrell concludes by outlining a grounded theory of critical literacy pedagogy and considering its implications for literacy research, teacher education, classroom practice, and advocacy work for social change. Author Biography Ernest Morrell Table of Contents ForewordPrefaceChapter One IntroductionChapter Two From Plato to Poststructuralism: The Philosophical Foundations of Critical LiteracyChapter Three "Othered" Critical TraditionsChapter Four Teaching Popular Culture in an Urban English Secondary ClassroomChapter Five Conducting Community-based Research with Urban YouthChapter Six CyberactivismChapter Seven Critical Media LiteracyChapter Eight Critical Literacy as Care for the SelfChapter Nine Critical Literacy as Social PraxisChapter Ten A Vision of Critical Literacy in Urban EducationAppendix A Data Collection and Data Analysis ProceduresReferences Review "Morrell challenges preservice and practicing teachers to embrace complex ideas in order to improve their classroom practice, especially if they want their students to become critical and engaged citizens of our nation and world…. Critical Literacy and Urban Youth is a passionate book, elegantly written and beautifully developed. Drawing on the ideas of Paulo Freire, Morrell makes no apologies for believing in and trusting both students and teachers. For him, writing and indeed all literacies, are practices of freedom. Confident that teachers can create classrooms and schools that are critical, lively, and hopeful spaces, he provides teachers and those about to enter the profession with inspiration."--Sonia Nieto, From the Foreword"… an exciting, edgy new book of real interest to contemporary graduate students and researchers in cultural studies and critical literacy. Morrell is clearly doing landmark work in critical literacy with urban youth."--Tom Bean, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States Details ISBN0805856633 Author Ernest Morrell Series Language, Culture, and Teaching Series ISBN-10 0805856633 ISBN-13 9780805856637 Format Hardcover Subtitle Pedagogies of Access, Dissent, and Liberation Country of Publication United States DEWEY 370 Short Title CRITICAL LITERACY & URBAN YOUT Language English Media Book Birth 1971 Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc Affiliation University of California at Los Angeles, USA DOI 10.1604/9780805856637 Year 2007 Publication Date 2007-12-10 AU Release Date 2007-12-10 NZ Release Date 2007-12-10 US Release Date 2007-12-10 UK Release Date 2007-12-10 Place of Publication New York Illustrations 2 Tables, black and white Alternative 9780805856644 Audience Professional & Vocational Imprint Routledge Pages 272 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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