In any meaningful form, critical literacy is absent in the neoliberal formal education system
offered to the working class. This, at a time of austerity, growing inequalities, multiple news …

This study aimed to add a Scottish perspective to the international literature on critical
literacy pedagogies, by investigating the knowledge and beliefs of engaged, informed …

In this chapter, we look at critical literacy at MediaClub, a programme of afterschool media
production activities for 9-to 12-year-olds. MediaClub was part of the URLearning (URL) …

Recognising the challenge facing many young South Africans in accessing affordable,
appropriate reading material and content, the FunDza Literacy Trust produces texts …

Reading is a complex act mediated by cognitive and sociocultural constructs that include
classroom discourse and personal epistemology. This study explored the epistemic beliefs …

The need for this study stems from the increasing use in educational policy documents of the
term'critical literacy'. Presented as a desirable skill for all learners to possess and use, it is …

The authors of this chapter collaborated across two continents, two philosophical stances,
and numerous electronic devices over a period of 18 months to examine how hidden …

This article draws on critical literacy frameworks and action research methodology to
consider how two scholar-practitioners–one working in higher education and one in a …

This study was designed to investigate the effects of professional learning communities as a
context for teacher learning, specifically as it applies to the negotiation of meaning and the …

There is not a well-established tradition of Critical Literacy work in English primary
classrooms, as is the case in other countries such as Australia. The reasons for this are …