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Emily Zoeller – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2024
A historically responsive literacy (HRL) approach (Muhammad, 2020a, 2020b) fosters literary pursuits in learners, preparing them to transcend skill development and use literacy to shape a more just and compassionate world. Despite its transformative potential, not enough is known about HRL application with multilinguals, especially in secondary…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Literacy, Literacy Education, Second Language Learning
Jenifer Vanek – American Institutes for Research, 2020
This brief explains what digital literacy skills are and why they are important. It describes what skills students need for digital literacy and provides tips for integrating digital literacy in the adult education classroom.
Descriptors: Adult Education, Technological Literacy, Computer Networks, Problem Solving
Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi – American Institutes for Research, 2020
This brief explains what health literacy skills are and why they are important. It describes what skills students need for health literacy and provides tips for integrating health literacy in the adult education classroom.
Descriptors: Adult Education, Multiple Literacies, Knowledge Level, Health Promotion
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Gilmore, Gwen – Intercultural Education, 2019
This research investigates an intercultural praxis approach to using visual research methods, in Australia and Vietnam, with preservice teachers in a Diploma of Early Childhood (DEC) course. The paper results from limited research with DEC preservice teachers exploring the development of intercultural praxis and limited research in teaching whilst…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Preschool Teachers, Teaching Methods
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Gholnecsar E. Muhammad; Marcelle Haddix – English Education, 2016
In light of the current assaults on Black girls and misaligned instructional practices in and outside of schools across the nation, English educators need to understand a more complete vision of the identities girls create for themselves, and the literacies and practices needed to best teach them. This article provides a review of literature of…
Descriptors: African American Students, Literacy, Females, Self Concept
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King, Alyson E. – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2015
In a first-year, university-level communication course that examined issues of race, ethnicity, postcolonialism, diaspora, and coming-of-age using different points of view and modes of communication, students created graphic novel-style auto-ethnographies to reflect on their experiences with diaspora and identity creation. The assignment was an…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Multiple Literacies, Race, Ethnicity