Critical Literacy Practice : Applications of Critical Theory in Diverse Settings

This edited book shows how critical literacy can be applied in and outside the classroom setting. It shows educators how critical theory is applied in practice using studies in diverse K-16 settings, kindergarten through university contexts. By providing specific examples of critical literacy practice in the classroom and beyond, the book aims to help teachers, researchers and teacher educators make clear connections between theory and practice in critical literacy.

Bogum Yoon, Ph. D. is an associate professor of literacy education in the Graduate School of Education at the State University of New York at Binghamton. She has worked in the field of language and literacy as a teacher educator both in South Korea and the United States. Yoon’s research areas include critical literacy, multicultural education, English language learners and cultural and social identity. Her most recent articles are published in the American Educational Research Journal, The Reading Teacher and the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. Yoon’s co-edited book, Teachers’ Roles in Second Language Learning: Classroom Applications of Sociocultural Theory has been recently published.

Rukhsar Sharif is a doctoral candidate at the Graduate School of Education at the State University of New York at Binghamton. She has taught preschool and elementary school students in New York and middle and high school students in Rwanda. Recently, she has been involvedin conducting research in the fields of multicultural education and critical theory in the university context.