Multicultural Families, Home Literacies, and Mainstream Schooling by Guofang Li

Multicultural Families, Home Literacies, and Mainstream Schooling by Guofang Li

Lack of knowledge about immigrant and minority students' learning outside school has contributed to the difficulties educators encounter when trying to embrace cultural diversity. This book examines how literacy is practiced and lived in multiple ways within families of various backgrounds.

Guofang Li is Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Transnational/ Global Perspectives of Language and Literacy Education of Children and Youth at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Jim Anderson is Professor of Literacy at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Jan Hare is Associate Dean of Indigenous Education and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) of Indigenous Pedagogy at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Marianne McTavish is Professor and Associate Dean of Teacher Education at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

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ISBN 13	9781607520351
ISBN 10	1607520354
Title	Multicultural Families, Home Literacies, and Mainstream Schooling
Author	Guofang Li
Series	Literacy Language And Learning
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Information Age Publishing
Year published	2009-05-30
Number of pages	312
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