“Price-Dennis and Sealey-Ruiz move toward a new vision of racial literacy which must include digital literacy to be relevant to students and effective as activism. Their compelling and concrete examples push forward current scholarship at the intersection of culturally relevant pedagogy, racial literacy, and digital literacy, and successfully lay the groundwork for a new set of priorities in teacher education.”

Teachers College Record

“Drs. Price-Dennis and Sealey-Ruiz promote racial literacy as part of the essential knowledge base for educators alongside knowledge of content and pedagogy.”

Illinois Reading Council Journal

2022 Recipient of the NCTE David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English 2022 Recipient of the Literacy Research Association's Edward B. Fry Book Award 2023 Recipient of the Divergent Publication Award for Excellence in Literacy in a Digital Age Research Today’s students use their digital expertise and the power of their voice to respond to issues of inequity in society. It is essential that teacher educators develop their own racial literacies and those of their preservice and classroom teachers to support student digital activism. From talking about race and racism to resisting the harmful narratives that circulate online but impact face-to-face interactions in the classroom, teacher educators must navigate sociotechnical spaces with a critical lens and develop strategies to help their preservice teachers do the same. This book is designed to increase educators’ capacity and agency to respond to inequities that plague our educational system. The authors provide a framework to help readers rethink how curriculum and pedagogy impact classroom instruction. In Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education, Price-Dennis and Sealey-Ruiz provide theoretical and practical entry points into a conversation about race in the digital age that aim to increase equity in schools and better prepare teachers entering the U.S. school system. Book Features: Provides examples of how racial literacy can be fostered in teacher education programs.Offers reflection questions designed to assess the status of racial literacy in both teacher education programs and K–12 classrooms. Helps educators develop curricula that leverage multimodal ways of cultivating racial literacy.Offers a conceptual model of racial literacy for the digital age that advances civic engagement for equity in education.Focuses on pedagogical practices that support racial literacy development in teacher education.Includes a Foreword by Jabari Mahiri and an Afterword by Rebecca Rogers, leading scholars in the field of racial literacy.
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Designed to increase educators' capacity and agency to respond to inequities that plague our educational system. The authors provide a framework to help readers rethink how curriculum and pedagogy impact classroom instruction.
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Contents (Tentative) Foreword Jabari Mahiri Introduction Exploring Race in Teacher Education Exploring Race in the Digital Age Why Do We Need to Center Race and Digital Literacies in K-12 Classrooms? Say Their Names Purpose of the Book Key Terms Organization of the Book 1. Engaging and Embracing Racial Literacy in Teacher Education What Is Racial Literacy? Racial Literacy and Brown v. Board of Education The Elephant in the Room: Racial Literacy in Schools Why Racial Literacy Now? Three Tenets of Racial Literacy Racial Literacy as Resistance Archaeology of the Self in Racial Literacy Development From Ethnic Studies to Racial Literacy Education Racial Literacy in Teacher Education 21st Century Racism: Presenting/(Re)Presenting Race in Digital Spaces 2. How Can Racial Literacy Inform Teacher Education in the Digital Age? Fostering Digital Literacies in Teacher Education What Is Getting in the Way of Literacy Education in the Digital Age? Addressing Racial and Digital Literacy in Teacher Education #Hashtag Networks: Racial Literacy in the Digital Age Bridging Racial and Digital Literacies Racial Literacy for Activism (#RL4A) Moving Forward One Step at a Time 3. Institutionalizing Racial Literacy in Teacher Education Racial Literacy and Diverse Learners Racial Literacy with a View: The Letter-Writing Unit Racial Literacy Tenets as a Culturally Sustaining Practice The Power and Liberation in Questioning Assumptions Engaging in Critical Conversations Practicing Reflexivity Making Racial Literacy Work in Teacher Education 4. Engaging in Critical Multimodal Curation to Foster Racial Literacy Critical Multimodality as a Mediator of Racial Literacy for Activism Critical Multimodal Curation in Action Now What? Afterword Rebecca Rogers References Index About the Authors
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“Detra Price-Dennis and Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz have developed a bifocal lens on racial and digital literacies that seamlessly integrates theory and practice with cogent arguments and compelling examples from their research of multiple ways for advancing racial literacies in teacher education, particularly regarding crucially needed activism for equity in digital spaces. This definitive book convincingly reveals the necessity of centering race and digital literacies in K–12 classrooms by enacting racial literacy in teacher preparation and practices.” —From the Foreword by Jabari Mahiri
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780807765517
Publisert
2021-05-14
Utgiver
Vendor
Teachers' College Press
Vekt
286 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
162 mm
Dybde
11 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
144

Foreword by
Afterword by

Biographical note

Detra Price-Dennis is an associate professor of education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz is an associate professor of English education at Teachers College, Columbia University.