Journal Article

Supporting adolescent literacy: requires a focus on literacy practices in a local context

Wilder, Phillip M

2017

Overview

Wilder argues passionately for the recognition of literacy as a social and cultural practice. He points out that the more narrow the definition of literacy, the more students are inadvertently ostracize. He describes how school librarians can broaden their approach to literacy development by using texts beyond print as tools for literate thinking. This serves as a call for the library profession to look beyond the tools and the resources, as well as their own preconceived notions, to deliver a more culturally responsive and inclusive program in which their students and patrons find themselves honored and represented.

• Publisher: American Library Association,American Association of School Librarians
• Subject: Adolescent Development / Adolescent Literature / African American students / African Americans / Case Studies / Content Area Reading / Cultural Context / Cultural Literacy / Cultural sensitivity / Demographic aspects / Educational Facilities Improvement / Educational Practices / Elementary Education / Elementary Schools / Elementary Secondary Education / Grade 7 / Independent Reading / Information literacy / Intervention / Learning Experience / Librarians / Library Development / Library Materials / Library Personnel / Library Role / Library Services / Literacy / Literacy programs / Local Issues / Multiple Literacies / Patrons / Reading Comprehension / Reading Difficulties / Reading Strategies / Reading Tests / Research Methodology / Research Skills / School librarians / School libraries / Social Environment / Students / Study Centers / Teaching / Teaching Methods / Visual Literacy