Literacy in Times of Crisis

<p>Fresh provocative timely and important this volume extends the field of sociocultural literacies in new directions.--<strong>Marjorie Faulstich Orellana University of California Los Angeles</strong></p><p>On the frontline of critical issues in education today this book covers new ground for teachers and teacher educators for whom crisis is a daily part of their work. It explores the relationship between crisis and literacy in order to:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>improve educators’ ability to recognize cope with and avoid crisis;</li> <p> </p> <li>advance understanding of the dynamic relationship between crisis and cultural historical and political literacy practices; and </li> <p> </p> <li>contribute to a deeper theoretical understanding of literacy practices as they are situated in social practices. </li> </ul><p>The types of crises addressed are diverse including natural disaster cultural and community disjuncture homelessness family upheaval teen pregnancy and disability. Along with nine empirical studies a teacher early in her career a veteran teacher and teacher educators share their perspectives in commentary sections at the opening and conclusion of the book in order to provide applications to their specific fields. </p>