Connecting Theory and Practice in Middle School Literacy

Jason DeHart is Assistant Professor of Reading Education and Special Education at Appalachian State University, USA. Carla K. Meyer is Associate Professor of Literacy Education at Duquesne University, USA. Katie Walker is Assistant Professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture at the University of Southern Maine, USA.

Introduction and Background from the Editors

Section 1: Troubling Notions of TextChapter 1. Critical Digital Literacy by Dani Kachorsky, Alexandria Perez, and John Hill Chapter 2. Student Voice is Power: Incorporating Critical Witness and Testimony in Middle School Classrooms by Rachelle Savitz and Daniel Stockwell

Chapter 3. Exploring What Counts as Text: The Possibilities of Picture Books and Graphica with Early Adolescents by Stephanie Reid Section 2: Troubling Notions of Situating Practice

Chapter 4. A Call to Action: Setting the Stage for Equity in the Classroom by Kim O’Donnell

Chapter 5. Dialogue as Disruption: The Power of Middle Grades Classroom Talk by Amanda Rigell and Arianna Banack

Chapter 6. Literacy for the Middle Grades: Its Antecedent Necessities, Subsequent Needs, and Future Aspirations by Mary Roe

Section 3: Troubling Notions of Student and Teacher Identity Chapter 7. I am the Body Beautiful: Disidentification and the Queering of the Young Adolescent by Matthew Thomas-Reid

Chapter 8. Multilingualism in Middle School Education by Katie Walker

Chapter 9. What Do We Believe about Middle Grades Literacy and Race? Interrogating Practices and Pedagogies of Middle Grades Literacy Education through the Lens of Critical Race Theory by Kristie White Smith

Chapter 10. Dis-Orienting Pedagogy: Teaching Critical Engagement with Orientalism and Islamophobia by Fatima van Hattum

Concluding Section

Chapter 11. Remaining Reflective by Jason D. DeHart