School Talk, Vol. 6, No. 3, April 2001

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Issue Theme: Critical Literacy: What Is It, and What Does It Look Like in Elementary Classrooms?

• Critical Literacy: What Is It, and What Does It Look Like in Elementary Classrooms?

  Joanne Hindley Salch and Marianne Marino

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  Abstract: Lead author Barbara Comber defines critical literacy as the opportunity to use language in powerful ways to get things done. Her introduction sets a framework for reading the three teacher stories that follow, each illustrating opportunities the teacher created to engage critical issues in his or her own classroom.

  Keywords: Elementary, Diversity, Language, Literacy, Pedagogy, Writing

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