Guofang Li's Books

Culturally Contested Literacies examines the home and school literacy experiences of children from a uniquely socio-cultural perspective, including vivid, detailed case studies describing the lives and literacy practices of six families.

Advocates for a greater cultural understanding of minority beliefs in literacy education and a more critical examination of mainstream instructional practices.

Winner of the 2006 Edward Fry Book Award presented by the National Reading Conference The voices of teachers, parents, and students create a compelling ethnographic study that examines the debate between traditional and progressive pedagogies in literacy education and the mismatch of cross-cultural discourses between mainstream schools and Asian families. This book focuses on a Vancouver suburb where the Chinese population has surpassed the white community numerically and socioeconomically, but not politically, and where the author uncovers disturbing cultural conflicts, educational dissensions, and "silent" power struggles between school and home. What Guofang Li reveals illustrates the challenges of teaching and learning in an increasingly complex educational landscape in which literacy, culture, race, and social class intertwine. Advocating for a greater cultural understanding of minority beliefs in literacy education and a more critical examination of mainstream instructional practices, Li offers a new theoretical framework and critical recommendations for teachers, schools, and parents.

Describes what media is, how the Internet is part of media, and encourages readers to question the medium's influential messages"--Provided by publisher.

Book's by Guofang Li

Culturally Contested Literacies

Culturally Contested Literacies

Culturally Contested Pedagogy

Culturally Contested Pedagogy

Culturally Contested Literacies

Culturally Contested Literacies

Culturally Contested Pedagogy

Culturally Contested Pedagogy

Virtually True

Virtually True

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