International Perspectives on Literacies, Diversities, and Opportunities for Learning

Cynthia Brock is Professor and Wyoming Excellence Endowed Chair in Literacy in the College of Education at the University of Wyoming, USA. Beryl Exley is Professor and Deputy Head of Learning and Teaching in the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University, Australia. Lester-Irabinna Rigney is Professor and Co-Chair of the Pedagogies for Justice Group of the Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion, Education Futures Unit at the University of South Australia, Australia.

Contents

Support Material

Foreword

Section 1 - Setting the Context

Introduction: Contextualizing Our Collaboration, Our Book, and Opportunities for Learning






What Do Opportunities and Diversities Have To Do with Literacies Teaching and Learning?: A Provocation
Section 2 - Opportunities-for-Learning: Focusing on Learners Learning




Exploring Classroom Implications of Literacies and Diversities Through an Opportunities for Learning (OfL) Lens



Teaching through lifeworlds of Aboriginal Children: Australian Opportunities through Culturally Responsive Pedagogies



Positioning and Academic Diversity in a First-Grade Literacy Program: Implications for Opportunities for Learning



Opportunities for Learning Disciplinary Literacies in Engineering Club (Grades 3-5)



Transnational Digital Literacies and Transitory Opportunities: A Perspective from the Global South



Opportunities for LGBTQ+ Students’ Learning in English Language Arts Classrooms
Section 3 - Literacies, Diversities, and Opportunities for Learning: Teachers and Teacher Education




The Significance of Difference: Student Diversity and Literacy Learning



The City as Curriculum: Opportunities for Learning about Literacies, Ethnography, and Pedagogy of Place



White Teachers' Opportunities for Learning About Whiteness



Newly Trained Ghanaian Teachers’ Opportunities for Learning Literacy Content



Collaborative Inquiries in Diverse Literacy Classrooms to Understand Learning Opportunities
Section 4 - Opportunities for Learning: Community and Family Literacies




Unveiling the Hidden Capital of Family Prolepsis for School: Non-Dominant Students’ Opportunities for Positive Futures



Co-Constructing Opportunities for Shared, Collective Literacies Learning in Communities in Fiji



Co-Constructing Opportunities for Learning with Displaced Children and Families



From Deficit Discourses to Learning About Pedagogy: Using Testimonio to Track Opportunities for Learning in a Research Journey

Conclusion: New Imagining of School