Just Literacy: Promoting Justice Through Language And Learning

Synopsis

Introduction -- Literacy And Social Responsibility: Democratic Principles In A Differentiated Classroom -- Facing Teacher Fears About Lesbian And Gay Texts In The Classroom -- The Constructivist Classroom: An Antidote To Indifference -- Re-viewing Multicultural Sites: An Inquiry Of Transcultural Betweenness -- Promoting Social Justice In The Young Adult Literature Class: Preparing Pre-service Teachers To Choose Multicultural Texts -- Reflections On Language, Gender, Class And Power Relations With Suggestions For Instructional Applications -- Writers From The War Zone: Poets And The Literature Of The Northern Ireland Troubles -- Meet The Authors. Edited By John Harmon. Includes Bibliographical References.