Handbook of research on literacy and diversity / edited by Lesley Mandel Morrow, Robert Rueda, Diane Lapp.

Contributor Morrow, Lesley Mandel.

Imprint:New York : Guilford Press, c2009.

Descriptionxv, 464 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Note:Foreword: Every child must be visible if we are to succeed as a world-class nation / Edmund W. Gordon -- Relating diversity and literacy theory / Honorine Nocon, Michael Cole -- Policy related to issues of diversity and literacy: implications for English learners / Eugene E. Garcia, Ann-Marie Wiese -- What do we know about the discourse patterns of diverse students in multiple settings? / Iliana Reyes [and others] -- Family literacy: recognizing cultural significance / Patricia A. Edwards, Jeanne R. Paratore, Nancy L. Roser -- Poverty and its relation to development and literacy / Pedro Portes, Spencer Salas -- Language, literacy, and content: adolescent English language learners / Robert T. Jimenez, Brad L. Teague -- Academic English and African American vernacular English: exploring possibilities for promoting the literacy learning of all children / Cynthia H. Brock [and others] -- Engaging diverse students in multiple literacies in and out of school / Cheryl McLean, Erica Boling, Jennifer Rowsell -- The new literacies of online reading comprehension and the irony of No Child Left Behind: students who require our assistance the most actually receive it the least / Donald J. Leu [and others] -- Roles of engagement, valuing, and identification in reading development of students from diverse backgrounds / John T. Guthrie [and others] -- Robust informal learning environments for youth from nondominant groups: implications for literacy learning in formal schooling / Kris Gutierrez, Carol D. Lee -- Assessing student progress in the time of No Child Left Behind / Georgia Earnest Garcia, Eurydice B. Bauer -- Meeting the needs of diverse learners: effective management of language arts instruction / D. Ray Reutzel, Lesley Mandel Morrow, Heather Casey -- Cross-language transfer of phonological, orthographic, and semantic knowledge / Maria S. Carlo -- Learning to read in English: teaching phonics to beginning readers from diverse backgrounds / Linnea C. Ehri -- Vocabulary instruction for diverse students / Susan Watts Taffe [and others] -- Comprehension: the means, motive, and opportunity for meeting the needs of diverse learners / Susie M. Goodin [and others] -- Helping diverse learners to become fluent readers / Melanie R. Kuhn, Timothy Rasinski -- Teacher knowledge in culturally and linguistically complex classrooms: lessons from the Golden Age and beyond / Django Paris, Arnetha F. Ball -- Protecting our investment: induction and mentoring of novice teachers in diversity-rich schools / Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher -- Professional development: continuing to understand how to teach children from diverse backgrounds / Margarita Calderon -- Afterword: From "Just a Teacher" to justice in teaching: working in the service of education, the new civil right / Eric J. Cooper.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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