(Ebook) Reconceptualizing the Literacies in Adolescents' Lives (Second Edition) by Donna E. Alvermann, Kathleen A. Hinchman, David W. Moore, Stephen F. Phelps, Diane R. Waff ISBN 9780805853858, 9781429462914, 0805853855, 1429462914

(Ebook) Reconceptualizing the Literacies in Adolescents' Lives (Second Edition) by Donna E. Alvermann, Kathleen A. Hinchman, David W. Moore, Stephen F. Phelps, Diane R. Waff ISBN 9780805853858, 9781429462914, 0805853855, 1429462914

Reconceptualizing focuses on exploring the impact of young people's identity-making practices in mediating their perceptions of themselves as readers & writers in an era of externally mandated reforms.What is different in the 2nd Edition is its emphasis on the importance of valuing adolescents' perspectives-in an era of skyrocketing interest in improving literacy instruction at the middle & HS levels driven by externally mandated reforms & accountability measures.A central concern is the degree to which this new interest takes into account adolescents’ personal, social, & cultural experiences in relation to literacy learning.In this new edition of Reconceptualizing students’ voices and perspectives are featured front & center in every chapter.Particular attention is given throughout to multiple literacies-especially how information & new communication technologies are changing learning from & with text.The volume is structured around 4 themes:* Situating Adolescents’ Literacies–addressing how young people use favorite texts to perform their identities; how they counter school-based constructions of incompetence; & how they re/construct their literate identities in relation to certain kinds of gendered expectations, pedagogies, and cultural resources;* Positioning Youth as Readers and Writers–stressing the importance of classroom discourse, cultural capital, agency, and democratic citizenship in mediating adolescents’ literate identities;* Mediating Practices in Young People’s Literacies–looking at issues of language, social class, race, and culture in shaping how adolescents represent themselves and are represented by others; and* Changing Teachers, Teaching Changes–capturing the productive ambiguities associated with teaching urban adolescents to read & write in changing times, encouraging students to conduct action research on topics that are personally relevant, & using ‘enabling constraints’ as a concept to formu