Multimodal Funds of Knowledge in Literacy: Countering Deficit Narratives of Dive

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This book prepares educators to teach and support diverse students and their families as they negotiate multimodal aspects of literacy. Framed by sociocultural theory, multiliteracies, multimodality, and posthumanism,this book provides concrete alternatives support students' and families' cultural strengths.

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Applying an asset-based approach, Multimodal Funds of Knowledge in Literacy prepares educators to teach and support diverse students and their families as they negotiate multimodal aspects of literacy learning. Framed by sociocultural theory, multiliteracies, multimodality, and posthumanism, the text combats deficit narratives by providing concrete alternatives that push educators to rethink their practices and support students' and families' cultural and linguistic strengths.Chapters include case studies, vignettes, prompts, and learning samples that will leave readers with valuable insights and new understandings of multimodal funds of knowledge. Comprehensive and instructive, this book is a key text in literacy education, family literacy, and community engagement.

Author Biography

Sally Brown is a Professor of Literacy Education at Georgia Southern University, where she teaches preservice and in-service educators about multimodal literacies. She is interested in how young, culturally and linguistically diverse children develop literacies across school, home, and community environments and in contact with the material world.Rong Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Literacy Education at Appalachian State University. Her research focuses on emergent bilingual families' language and literacy practices in home settings. She also studies young children's emergent literacy skills developed during reading wordless picturebooks and culturally related picturebooks, and their multimodal meaning-making.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Exploring Family Literacies: Shifting Perspectives from Deficits to AssetsChapter 2: Synchronizing Perspectives to Break the Theory-Practice DivideChapter 3: Multilingual Mindsets: Exploring Family Ideologies about Language Use Chapter 4: Pages of Connections: Families Fostering Love, Fun, and Literacy with Young Children Chapter 5: Holding a Pen and Becoming a WriterChapter 6: Exploring Creativity: Encouraging Conversation and Play with Physical MaterialsChapter 7: Touch, Swipe, and Point: Technology and MultiliteraciesChapter 8: Let's Go Outside: Outdoor Experiential Learning with FamilyChapter 9: Connecting with Diverse Families: Voices of Teachers and Teacher EducatorsChapter 10: Charting New Territories through Counternarratives: Nonlinear Diffractive Spaces

Details ISBN1032380209 Author Rong Zhang Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781032380209 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-10-29 Imprint Routledge Subtitle Countering Deficit Narratives of Diverse Families Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Alternative 9781032380230 Illustrations 6 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 41 Halftones, black and white; 43 Illustrations, black and white Audience Tertiary & Higher Education UK Release Date 2024-10-29 ISBN-10 1032380209 Pages 198 DEWEY 372.6 We've got this

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