Reclaiming Powerful Literacies: New Horizons for Critical Discourse Analysis (Expanding Literacies in Education)

Richly theorized and beautifully illustrated through compelling examples of situated practice, it demonstrates how teachers might enable powerful literacies whereby students and teachers can work together to learn about social justice and take action." --Barbara Comber, Research Professor of Education, University of South Australia . "Rebecca Rogers' book takes the field of literacy studies into new ground

Drawing from original research in a range of public, educational spaces across the lifespanfrom Kindergartners studying social justice movements, to sixth graders designing a social justice museum exhibit focused on the environment and sustainability, to teacher education students practicing racial literacy in response to the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MissouriRogers makes the case that critical social theories often associated with Critical Discourse Analysis have not kept pace with a recent shift toward the positive, referred to as Positive Discourse Analysis. Encouraging reader

Rebecca Rogers is Professor of Education at University of MissouriSt. Louis, USA.