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Critical Literacy And Urban Youth



Critical Literacy and Urban Youth is a book that explores the intersection of critical theory and the experiences of young people in urban environments. The author, Morrell, draws on his work with students in various settings to offer a new perspective on critical literacy and its potential for social change. He argues for a broader definition of critical literacy that encompasses both Western and... more details
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  • Explores the connection between critical theory and the experiences of urban youth
  • Argues for a broader definition of critical literacy that includes both Western and non-Western traditions
  • Examines four case studies of critical literacy pedagogy with urban youth, including teaching popular culture, community-based research, cyber-activism, and media literacy education


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Critical Literacy and Urban Youth is a book that explores the intersection of critical theory and the experiences of young people in urban environments. The author, Morrell, draws on his work with students in various settings to offer a new perspective on critical literacy and its potential for social change. He argues for a broader definition of critical literacy that encompasses both Western and non-Western traditions, and then examines four case studies of critical literacy pedagogy with urban youth. These include teaching popular culture, community-based research, cyber-activism, and media literacy education. Morrell also delves into the importance of critical reading and writing in shaping one's identity and the role of writing in creating social change. He concludes by proposing a grounded theory of critical literacy pedagogy and discussing its implications for research, teacher education, classroom practice, and advocacy work.

Critical Literacy and Urban Youth offers an interrogation of critical theory developed from the author's work with young people in classrooms, neighborhoods, and institutions of power. Through cases, an articulated process, and a theory of literacy education and social change, Morrell extends the conversation among literacy educators about what constitutes critical literacy while also examining implications for practice in secondary and postsecondary American educational contexts. This book is distinguished by its weaving together of theory and practice. Morrell begins by arguing for a broader definition of the critical in critical literacy - one that encapsulates the entire Western philosophical tradition as well as several important Othered traditions ranging from postcolonialism to the African-American tradition. Next, he looks at four cases of critical literacy pedagogy with urban youth: teaching popular culture in a high school English classroom; conducting community-based critical research; engaging in cyber-activism; and doing critical media literacy education. Lastly, he returns to theory, first considering two areas of critical literacy pedagogy that are still relatively unexplored: the importance of critical reading and writing in constituting and reconstituting the self, and critical writing that is not just about coming to a critical understanding of the world but that plays an explicit and self-referential role in changing the world. Morrell concludes by outlining a grounded theory of critical literacy pedagogy and considering its implications for literacy research, teacher education, classroom practice, and advocacy work for social change.
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