Studies of the social contexts of literacy learning in school contexts suggest that literacy
development cannot be understood apart from the context in which it occurs. By studying the …

WINNER OF THE 2019 AESA CRITICS'CHOICE BOOK AWARD WINNER OF THE 2018
NATIONAL WOMEN'S STUDIES ASSOCIATION ALISON PIEPMEIER BOOK PRIZE Linking …

Critiquing the positioning of children from non-dominant groups as linguistically deficient,
this book aims to bridge the gap between theorizing of language in critical sociolinguistics …

In this article we provide a perspective on hybridity both as a theoretical lens for
understanding diversity and a method for organizing learning. We argue that the use of …

In this article, Kris Gutierrez, Betsy Rymes, and Joanne Larson demonstrate how power is
constructed between the teacher and students. The authors identify the teacher's monologic …

This book is a principled, accessible and highly stimulating discussion of a politics of
resistance for today. Ranging widely over issues of identity, representation, culture and …

Parents and community activists around the country complain that the education system is
failing our children. They point to students' failure to master basic skills, even as …

This book is centrally concerned with the nature of talk in multilingual classrooms where
students are learning in and through English as a second language, and on the ways in …

Edited by a diverse group of expert collaborators, the Handbook of the Cultural Foundations
of Learning is a landmark volume that brings together cutting-edge research examining …

This text considers the application of sociocultural theory to understanding how minority
language background children learn English in the context of their classrooms. Based on a …