Handbook of Research on Literacy and Diversity

Powerful. The editors have brought together brilliant researchers who make a tremendous contribution to building knowledge about instruction that capitalizes on students' social and cultural contexts. Perhaps most important, they point the way toward taking action that is evidence based and holds potential for making a difference in the literacy lives of our students.--Victoria J. Risko, EdD, Department of Teaching and Learning, Vanderbilt University A much-needed resource, this handbook addresses both the promises and challenges of working with the richly diverse students attending schools today. Respected scholars provide thorough overviews of existing research and theory, highlight what is still to be learned, and offer recommendations for educational policy and practice. Readers will find the focus on English language learners, minority students, and other marginalized groups particularly useful. This volume should be added to the reference shelves of all literacy researchers, and can offer a strong grounding for graduate coursework.--Kristen H. Perry, PhD, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Kentucky This comprehensive volume challenges the deficit model of diversity and argues for a resource orientation toward difference that is essential to effective teaching for minority children. The book covers a wide range of critical concerns related to literacy and diversity, including policy issues, theoretical developments, instructional strategies, assessment, multiple literacies, social attitudes, and formal and informal learning. Addressing the complexities of the topic in a way that is invaluable, this is an important resource for teacher educators, graduate students, and university researchers, as well as inservice teachers.--Guofang Li, PhD, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University - Recommended. Graduate, research, and professional collections. --Choice, 12/3/2009A welcome addition to the conversations that dominate contemporary literacy research and graduate studies....The extremely high quality of the contributions, the structure of each chapter, and the issues addressed make this book a 'must have' for literacy researchers and university professors. It is one I will use in my own graduate teaching and from which I will recommend specific chapters to teacher professional learning communities.--Educational Review, 11/24/2011

Lesley Mandel Morrow, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of Literacy and Chair of the Department of Learning and Teaching at the Graduate School of Education, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Her research interests include early literacy development and the organization and management of language arts programs. Widely published, Dr. Morrow is a recipient of the International Reading Associations Outstanding Teacher Educator in Reading Award and the William S. Gray Citation of Merit, among many other honors, and is a member of the Reading Hall of Fame. Robert Rueda, PhD, is Professor of Psychology in Education at the Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California. His research centers on sociocultural processes in classroom learning, motivation, and instruction, with a focus on reading and literacy in English language learners and students in at-risk conditions. Dr. Rueda is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Educational Research Association, and served as associate editor of the American Educational Research Journal. Diane Lapp, EdD, is Distinguished Professor of Education in the Department of Teacher Education at San Diego State University. She has taught elementary, middle, and high school and serves as Director of Learning at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Her research and instruction focus on issues related to struggling readers and writers who live in economically deprived urban settings, and their families and teachers. Widely published, Dr. Lapp has received the Outstanding Teacher Educator of the Year Award from the International Literacy Association, among other honors, and is a member of both the International Reading Hall of Fame and the California Reading Hall of Fame.

Foreword: Every Child Must Be Visible If We Are to Succeed as a World-Class Nation, Edmund W. Gordon Introduction, Lesley Mandel Morrow, Robert Rueda, and Diane LappI. Perspectives about Learning among Diverse Students 1. Relating Diversity and Literacy Theory, Honorine Nocon and Michael Cole 2. Policy Related to Issues of Diversity and Literacy: Implications for English Learners, Eugene E. Garcia and Ann-Marie Wiese 3. What Do We Know about the Discourse Patterns of Diverse Students in Multiple Settings?, Iliana Reyes, Leisy Wyman, Norma Gonzlez, Eliane Rubinstein-vila, Karen Spear-Ellinwood, Perry Gilmore, and Luis C. Moll 4. Family Literacy: Recognizing Cultural Significance, Patricia A. Edwards, Jeanne R. Paratore, and Nancy L. Roser 5. Poverty and Its Relation to Development and Literacy, Pedro Portes and Spencer Salas 6. Language, Literacy, and Content: Adolescent English Language Learners, Robert T. Jimnez and Brad L. TeagueII. Special Issues Concerning Literacy 7. Academic English and African American Vernacular English: Exploring Possibilities for Promoting the Literacy Learning of All Children, Cynthia H. Brock, Gwendolyn Thompson McMillon, Julie L. Pennington, Dianna Townsend, and Diane Lapp 8. Engaging Diverse Students in Multiple Literacies In and Out of School, Cheryl A. McLean, Erica C. Boling, and Jennifer Rowsell 9. The New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension and the Irony of No Child Left Behind: Students Who Require our Assistance the Most Actually Receive It the Least, Donald J. Leu, J. Gregory McVerry, W. Ian OByrne, Lisa Zawilinski, Jill Castek, and Douglas K. Hartman 10. Roles of Engagement, Valuing, and Identification in Reading Development of Students from Diverse Backgrounds, John T. Guthrie, Robert Rueda, Linda B. Gambrell, and Danette A. Morrison 11. Robust Informal Learning Environments for Youth from Nondominant Groups: Implications for Literacy Learning in Formal Schooling, Kris Gutirrez and Carol D. Lee 12. Assessing Student Progress in the Time of No Child Left Behind, Georgia Earnest Garca and Eurydice B. Bauer 13. Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners: Effective Management of Language Arts Instruction, D. Ray Reutzel, Lesley Mandel Morrow, and Heather Casey III. Strategies for Teaching 14. Cross-Language Transfer of Phonological, Orthographic, and Semantic Knowledge, Mara S. Carlo 15. Learning to Read in English: Teaching Phonics to Beginning Readers from Diverse Backgrounds, Linnea C. Ehri 16. Vocabulary Instruction for Diverse Students, Susan Watts Taffe, Camille L. Z. Blachowicz, and Peter J. Fisher 17. Comprehension: The Means, Motive, and Opportunity for Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners, Susie M. Goodin, Catherine M. Weber, P. David Pearson, and Taffy E. Raphael 18. Helping Diverse Learners to Become Fluent Readers, Melanie R. Kuhn and Timothy RasinskiIV. Preparing Teachers to Teach Literacy to Diverse Students 19. Teacher Knowledge in Culturally and Linguistically Complex Classrooms: Lessons from the Golden Age and Beyond, Django Paris and Arnetha F. Ball 20. Protecting Our Investment: Induction and Mentoring of Novice Teachers in Diversity-Rich Schools, Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher 21. Professional Development: Continuing to Understand How to Teach Children from Diverse Backgrounds, Margarita Caldern Afterword: From "Just a Teacher" to Justice in Teaching: Working in the Service of Education, the New Civil Right, Eric J. Cooper