Designing Socially Just Learning Communities

Part 1. Beginnings
1: Introduction
2: A Framework for Critical Literacy Education Across the Lifespan: A Case Study of the Literacy for Social Justice Teacher Research Group
Part II. An Entry Point: Developing Critical Stances
3: Talking about War in a Second Grade Classroom, Melissa Mosley
4: Writing our Way to Cultural Understandings, Rebecca Light
5: Learning to Listen: Creating Socially Just Curricula for Middle and High School Classrooms, Sarah Hobson
6: "No Disrespect": Literature Discussion as Social Action, Carolyn Fuller
7: Response Chapter- Developing Critical Stances and Multiple Perspectives, Bridgette Jenkins, Mary Ann Kramer, Meredith Labadie, Melissa Mosley, Kathryn Pole and Ben Yavitz
Part III. An Entry Point: Critical Inquiry and Analysis
8: Shared Leadership, Adolescent Literacies, and Social Justice Education in the "Third Space", Melissa Mosley and Margaret Finders
9: Designing a Critical Literacy Lab in an Adult Education Center, Mary Ann Kramer and Rhonda Jones
10: The Center for Human Origin and Cultural Diversity: A Catalyst for Social Justice and Racial Literacy, Jacquelyn A. Lewis-Harris
11: Response Chapter- Critical Inquiry and Analysis: Making Space for Critical Literacy, Carolyn Brown, Ora Clark-Lewis, Aleshea Ingram, Mary Ann Kramer, and Melissa Mosley
Part IV. An Entry Point: Building Community
12: New Teachers Developing as Educators/Activists, Liesl Buechler and Kate Lofton
13: Working Within and Against Heterosexist and Homophobic Schools: Social Justice and High School Journalism, Janet DePasquale
14: Following the Circles: Organizing for Justice through Literacy Education, Sarah Beaman-Jones
15: Response Chapter- Building Relationships of Struggle and Solidarity, Angela Folkes, Cristina Mann, Melissa Mosley, Rebecca Rogers and Alina Slapac
Part V. What Is and What Might Be
16: Designing Socially Just Learning Communities Across the Lifespan: What Is and What Might Be
Appendix I: Declaration Statement
Appendix II: Frameworks of Critical Literacy Lab: Engaged Instruction, St. Louis Public Schools Adult Education and Literacy
Notes on Contributors
Films and Children's Books
References
Index