Handbook of Adolescent Literacy Research

"This comprehensive handbook examines the role of literacy in the multiple contexts of adolescents' lives. Written by leading scholars in the field, the Handbook sheds new light on what it means to be an active, motivated, and thoughtful literacy learner today - and how educators can support all youth in working toward this goal." "The contributors represent a range of perspectives and research approaches that take into account both everyday communication practices and their relation to literacy expectations in the classroom. A number of chapters explore how literacy looks from the point of view of young people themselves, highlighting students' often-overlooked strengths and capabilities as well as their needs." "This book reviews the breadth of current knowledge on adolescent literacy and identifies promising future directions for research and practice. It is an essential reference for researchers, educators, and graduate students."--BOOK JACKET.

Leila Christenbury, EdD, is Professor of English Education at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). The author or coauthor of 10 books, she is a frequent speaker on issues of English teaching and learning and has been cited extensively in the national media. Dr. Christenbury has been honored with the Rewey Belle Inglis Award for Outstanding Woman in English Education; VCU’s University Award of Excellence; and the Distinguished Service Award from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). She is a former editor of [i]English Journal[/i] and a past president of NCTE.

Randy Bomer, PhD, teaches in the Language and Literacy Studies Program in the College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin, where he also directs the Heart of Texas Writing Project. Formerly a middle and high school teacher, he has consulted with urban school districts across the United States. The author of two books and many journal articles, Dr. Bomer is a past president of NCTE.

Peter Smagorinsky, PhD, teaches in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Georgia. He currently chairs the NCTE Research Forum. Dr. Smagorinsky has received honors including the Raymond B. Cattell Early Career Award for Programmatic Research from the American Educational Research Association, the Janet Emig Award from NCTE’s Conference on English Education, and the Distinguished Research in Teacher Education Award from the Association of Teacher Educators. He has published 14 books and numerous journal articles.

Overview	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
Sociocultural Constructions of Adolescence and Young People's Literacies	p. 14
Who Are Adolescents Today?: Youth Voices and What They Tell Us	p. 29
Literacy in School	p. 47
Contexts for Adolescent Literacy	p. 49
Adolescents Who Struggle with Literacy	p. 65
Proficient Reading in School: Traditional Paradigms and New Textual Landscapes	p. 80
Fostering Adolescents' Engaged Academic Literacy	p. 98
Divided against Ourselves: Standards, Assessments, and Adolescent Literacy	p. 113
Adolescent Second-Language Writing	p. 126
Research on the Literacies of AAVE-Speaking Adolescents	p. 140
Digital Literacies in the Classroom	p. 153
The Secondary English Curriculum and Adolescent Literacy	p. 170
Visual Arts and Literacy	p. 183
Policy and Adolescent Literacy	p. 197
Tracking and Ability Grouping	p. 220
Literacy Out of School	p. 237
Preparing Adolescents for the Literacy Demands of the 21st-Century Workplace	p. 239
The Literacy Demands of Entering the University	p. 256
Literacy in Virtual Worlds	p. 271
Reading and Writing Video: Media Literacy and Adolescents	p. 287
Literacy and Culture	p. 305
Literacy and Identity: Implications for Research and Practice	p. 307
Latina/o Youth Literacies: Hidden Funds of Knowledge	p. 323
Beyond Hip-Hop: A Cultural Context View of Literacy	p. 343
Boys and Literacy: Complexity and Multiplicity	p. 360
Lessons on Literacy Learning and Teaching: Listening to Adolescent Girls	p. 372
Literacy Issues and GLBTQ Youth: Queer Interventions in English Education	p. 386
The Literacies of New Immigrant Youth	p. 400
American Indian Adolescent Literacy	p. 415
Author Index	p. 431
Subject Index	p. 441
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