Reclaiming Early Childhood Literacies: Narratives of Hope, Power, and Vision - Paperback

by Richard J. Meyer (Editor), Kathryn F. Whitmore (Editor)

At a time when literacy has become more of a political issue than a research or pedagogical one, this volume refocuses attention on work with young children that places them at the center of their literacy worlds. It explores young children's literacies as inclusive, redefined, and broadened encompassing- technologies, multiple modalities, and teaching and learning for democracy, cultural sustainability and social justice.

Author Biography

Richard J. Meyer is a Regents' Professor and Chair of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies at the University of New Mexico, USA.

Kathryn F. Whitmore holds the Ashland/Nystrand Chair of Early Childhood Research and is Director of the Early Childhood Research Center at the University of Louisville, USA.