Critical Literacy

Lisa Patel Stevens has published refereed journal articles in top reading research journals exploring practical, research, and policy issues surrounding critical literacy. She has also conducted dozens of professional development sessions on the use of critical literacy in the classroom; these sessions have provided rich opportunities to participate in the complicated implementation of critical literacy with teachers across schooling levels and backgrounds. This experience helps to inform the praxis tone of this book. Stevens is an experienced researcher and practitioner in the area of reading and literacy education. She has co-authored (with Thomas Bean) several chapters on reading and literacy. Thomas W. Bean, Ph.D., is a Professor of Literacy and Reading in the Teaching and Learning Department, College of Education, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Tom earned his Ph.D. at Arizona State University and is considered a leading scholar in content area literacy and the infusion of multicultural and global young adult literature in the classroom. His work has been published in the ALAN Review, Reading Research Quarterly, and the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. Along with Co-Author Dr. Judith Dunkerly-Bean, he served as co-editor of the International Reading Association's Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. Tom is senior author of the widely used text, Content Area Literacy: An Integrated Approach (10th ed.). He can be contacted at: beant1@unlv.nevada.edu.

Foreword by Michele Knobel Preface Chapter 1: Redefining Literacy Genealogy of the Critical: Paulo Freire Defining Critical Literacy Mrs. Cutter's Class Problematizing Classroom Applications of Critical Literacy Chapter 2: Why We Need Critical Literacy: Dynamic Texts and Identity Formation Literacy Proficiency and New Texts: A Moving Target Texts, Attention, and Identity? The Transformation of Texts and Readers' Attention Texts as Tools of Identity Formation Texts: Mediating Identity and Culture Chapter 3: Critical Literacy and Teacher Education Teacher Identity Risk, the Future, and Critical Literacy Disrupting Education Discourses With Critical Literacy Critical Media Literacy and Teacher Education Resident Critic Chapter 4: Critical Literacy at the Nexus of Praxis Maintaining Critical Literacy as a Moving Target Essential Features of Critical Literacy Chapter 5: Praxis Point 1: Popular Culture, Fandom, and Boundaries Snapshot 1: Critical Media Literacy and Social Studies Reflection: Practice Informing Theory Chapter 6: Praxis Point 2: Critical Numeracy Across the Curriculum Snapshot 2: Critical Literacy Across the Curriculum Reflection: Practice Informing Theory Critical Literacy and the Institutional Context Chapter 7: Praxis Point 3: Cycles of Deconstruction and Reconstruction Setting the Context and Participants Reflection: Practice Informing Theory Assessing Critical Literacy Reflections on Critical Literacy as Praxis Chapter 8: Critical Literacy and Educational Policy Texts What Is Policy? Critical Policy Analysis National Discourses Moving From National to Local: Complex Connections Chapter 9: Critical Policy Analysis in Local Contexts Policy and Governmentality Local Conversations Transforming Policy Interactions Educational Policy and Complexity Theory