Bedtime Stories and Book Reports

by Compton-Lilly, Catherine; Greene, Stuart; Edwards, Patricia A.; Heath, Shirley Brice (AFT)

• ISBN13: 9780807751367
• ISBN10: 0807751367
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-28
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

This edited volume connects parent involvement with family literacy two strands of research that rarely exist in conversation with one another. This discussion highlights how race, class, gender, and history serve as potent factors that shape children

Author Biography

Catherine Compton-Lilly is an assistant professor in curriculum and instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of Re-Reading Families: The Literate Lives of Urban Children, Four Years Later. Stuart Greene is an associate professor of English at Notre Dame University and co-editor of Making Race Visible: Literacy Research for Racial Understanding.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Research, Issues, and Policies in Parent Involvement	p. 11
Flipping the Script: Honoring and Supporting Parent Involvement	p. 15
A Response to Chapter 1	p. 27
Parents Defining Parent Involvement	p. 29
A Response to Chapter 2	p. 39
Transformative Change: Parent Involvement as a Process of Identity Development	p. 40
A Response to Chapter 3	p. 51
Parent Involvement with a Purpose: Get the Lead Out!	p. 52
A Response to Chapter 4	p. 65
Literacy Practices and Experiences: Many Families, Many Literacies, Many Classrooms	p. 67
Reading Attainment over Time: Following Urban Families	p. 71
A Response to Chapter 5	p. 84
Intergenerational Meaning-Making Between a Mother and Son in Digital Spaces	p. 85
A Response to Chapter 6	p. 94
Talking, Reading, and Writing About Lesbian and Gay Families in Classrooms: The Consequences of Different Pedagogical Approaches	p. 96
A Response to Chapter 7	p. 109
God's People are Strong: Children's Spiritual Literacy Practices	p. 111
A Response to Chapter 8	p. 123
Descubriendo Historias/Uncovering Stories: The Literacy Worlds of Latino Children and Families	p. 124
A Response to Chapter 9	p. 138
Conclusions: Connecting Parent Involvement and Family Literacy	p. 139
Afterword	p. 145
About the Contributors	p. 153
Index	p. 157
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