Critical Literacy/Critical Teaching: Tools for Preparing Responsive Teachers

Language and Literacy

by Cheryl Dozier, Peter Johnston

This book describes and documents an exciting new approach to educating literacy teachers. The authors show how to help teachers develop their own critical literacy, while also preparing them to accelerate the literacy learning of struggling readers. The text takes readers inside a literacy lab in a high-poverty urban elementary school, reveals the instructional approach in action, and provides many excellent examples of critically responsive teaching. Featuring a synthesis of several fields of theory and research, this

224 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2005

Reviews

[Abbey Ferris · Rating 5 out of 5]

It can be hard to not rate this five stars when it was 1. Written by my mentor and 2. A literacy lab experience I lived through.

[Ays]

Found this to be one of the best on critical literacy thus far...it's ideal for professors teaching undergrads and graduate courses. Peter Johnston is one of the authors so it peaked my interest even more.