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Multiple Literacies, Multiple Contexts: Leveraging Urban Students’ Literacies in Schools and Beyond

Fri, April 13, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Vancouver Convention Centre, Floor: Second Level, East Room 12

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In K-12 urban schools and communities throughout the US, mainstream literacy agendas limit school literacy practices and lead to the silencing of students and the propagation of social inequities. Informed by inclusive and expansive approaches to literacy (Gutierrez & Vossougi, 2010), the presenters share projects highlighting Black, Native American and Latina/o students’ (and their teachers’) multiple literacy practices to reconceptualize limited perspectives on language and literacy instruction and participation. The panel will address these guiding questions: In what ways do schools limit literacy-related instruction of teachers and the participation of students? How do literacies mutually support home-school connections for non-dominant students? How can we incite and incorporate students’ and teachers’ perspectives on literacy practices and participation for the public good?

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