On Critically Conscious Research

by Willis, Arlette Ingram; Montavon, Mary; Hunter, Catherine; Burke, LaTanya; Herrera, Ana

• ISBN13: 9780807749074
• ISBN10: 0807749079
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

This provocative new title in the NCRLL Collection is a call to action for new and experienced scholars to examine their bias and adopt a more critically conscious stance in their work. Balancing an historical grounding with contemporary research, this book focuses on how critical theories are manifested in language and literacy research. The authors discuss critical consciousnesses in various places, at various times in the world, and at varying levels in language and literacy research. They examine some overlooked roots and routes to present-day critical thinking and predict how branches of theorizing may emerge, evolve, and transform research in a democratic society.

Author Biography

LaTanya Burke is Lead Teacher at Austin Polytechnical Academy. Catherine Hunter is Research Assistant for the Center for Education in Small Urban Communities. Helena Hall is Director of the Writing Center at Loras Collage. Mary Montavon is Lecturer at Southern Illinois University. Arlette Ingram Willis is Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Table of Contents

A framework for understanding critically conscious language and literacy research	p. 1
A history of the ideas underpinning critical consciousness	p. 15
Critical consciousness : language, literacy, and pedagogy	p. 32
Critical methodologies and methods	p. 50
Critically conscious language and literacy research : structural and disciplinary domains of power	p. 64
Critically conscious language and literacy research : hegemonic domain of power	p. 83
Critical language and literacy research in the interpersonal domain	p. 109
Afterword	p. 127
References	p. 131
Index	p. 149
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