Teaching Transnational Youth: Literacy and Education in a Changing World (Language and Literacy)

by Allison Skerrett

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This is the first book to specifically address the needs of transnational youth, a growing population of students who live and go to school across the United States and other nations including Mexico and different Caribbean islands. The author describes a coherent approach to English language arts and literacy education that supports the literacy learning and development of transnational students, while incorporating these students' unique experiences to enrich the learning of all students. Drawing from exemplary teachers' classroom practice and research-based approaches, the book demonstrates how teachers can engage with transnationalism to reap the unique and significant benefits this phenomenon presents for literacy education. These benefits include a deeper appreciation of cultural and linguistic diversity, an increased awareness of world citizenship, and the development of globally informed ways of reading, writing, investigating, and thinking.
  • ISBN13 9780807756591
  • Publish Date 1 January 2015
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Teachers' College Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 144
  • Language English