A01=Allison Skerrett
adolescent literacy
Author_Allison Skerrett
Category=JNF
Category=JNT
culture and literacy
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immigrants and literacy
inclusive literacy
language and identity
multiliteracies
outside-school literacy
self-directed learning
Product details
- ISBN 9780807756584
- Weight: 217g
- Dimensions: 152 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 2015
- Publisher: Teachers' College Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This is the first book to specifically address the needs of transnational youth, a growing population of students who live and go to school across the United States and other nations including Mexico and different Caribbean islands. The author describes a coherent approach to English language arts and literacy education that supports the literacy learning and development of transnational students, while incorporating these students’ unique experiences to enrich the learning of all students. Drawing from exemplary teachers’ classroom practice and research-based approaches, the book demonstrates how teachers can engage with transnationalism to reap the unique and significant benefits this phenomenon presents for literacy education. These benefits include a deeper appreciation of cultural and linguistic diversity, an increased awareness of world citizenship, and the development of globally informed ways of reading, writing, investigating, and thinking.
Allison Skerrett is associate professor in the department of curriculum and instruction at The University of Texas at Austin.
