Critical, contextualized, content-rich: revisiting the call for humanizing pedagogies in literacy methods instruction

Purpose In this study, the authors draw upon 10 years of collaborative teaching and research as two, White, women literacy teacher educators to theorize the role of humanizing pedagogies within literacy teacher education and share explicit examples of how these pedagogies might be operationalized in actual classroom settings. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on 10 years of qualitative, teacher inquiry research on authors’ shared practice as literacy teacher educators and has included focus groups with students, the collection of student work and extensive field notes on class sessions. Findings Contextualized within decades-old calls for humanizing teacher education practices, this study puts forward a framework for teaching literacy methods that centers critical, locally contextualized, content-rich approaches and provides detailed examples of how this study implemented this framework in two contrastive teacher education settings comprising different institutional barriers, regional student populations and program mandates. Originality/value The proposed framework of critical, locally contextualized and content-rich literacy methods offers one possibility for reconciling the divergent debates that perpetually shape literacy teaching and learning. As teachers are prepared to enter classrooms, the authors model concrete approaches and strategies for teaching reading within and against a sociopolitical landscape imbued with White supremacist ideals and racial bias.

Supporting Students Impacted by Poverty Through Literacy Methods, Resources, and Strategies

This chapter is based on supporting students impacted by poverty through literacy education. Specifically, it looks at literacy methods, resources, and strategies that offer students engaging opportunities to learn in safe and supported environments. Student-centered instructional examples provide both voice and choice through quality pedagogical practices. As the wealth gap continues to widen, it is more important than ever to be diligent in ensuring equitable access to educational resources available to all students regardless of income status. Within this chapter, the authors have offered ways in which educators can access some of these resources.

Beyond Apple Pies, Popsicles and Patriotism: Leveraging Digital Literacy to Unpack Matters of Race, Power, and Privilege

It is important for all educators, but especially those working in P-12 systems, to not only be prepared to navigate the digital terrain but to do so while taking a critical stance and encouraging students to critically examine and confront injustice. To that end, this article spotlights the work being done in a literacy methods course for preservice teachers. Consideration is given to efforts to engage preservice teachers in the integration of information communication technologies (ICTs) in ways that develop critical consciousness while promoting social justice and equity.

Transforming an Educational Community in Guatemala Using the Plan Do Study Act Cycle

This case study with educators from a school in an urban low socioeconomic neighborhood near Guatemala City, Guatemala, explored the effectiveness of the Plan, Do, Study, Act cycle (PDSA) to guide teachers’ professional development at a Pre-K-K public school (Langley, 2009). This three-year study focused on developing teacher leaders and researchers through self-reflective accountability. Findings documented institutional problems requiring immediate and long-term attention and ways to involve families in extending literacy instruction at school to the home front. Study results highlight the need for effective and empowering literacy methods to be used in Guatemala and suggest the country’s teachers wish to support students’ critical thinking and create democratic classrooms.

“I Drew Myself Right There”: third grade girls restorying for visual justice

Purpose This paper aims to present three girls’ visual annotations and digital responses that restory a scene in the picturebook I’m New Here. The authors focus on how children use multimodal tools to reflect their critical knowledge of the world by illuminating how this group of girls responded to and incorporated broader social issues. Design/methodology/approach This study takes place in a third-grade classroom. Using qualitative methods that build on critical multimodal literacy, the authors documented and analyzed children’s visual and digital interpretations. Data were generated from classroom sessions that incorporated interactive readalouds, as well as students’ annotated visual images, sketches, video and digital responses. The collaborative analytic process involved multiple passes to interpret visual, textual and multimodal elements. Findings The analyses revealed how Aliyah, Tiana and Carissa used multimodal tools to engage in the process of restorying. Through their multimodal composition, they designed images that illuminated their solidarity with the young female character wearing the hijab; their desire to disrupt xenophobic bullying; and their hope for a respectful and inclusive climate in their own classroom. Originality/value In this paper, the authors examine how three girls in a third-grade classroom restory using critical multimodal literacy methods. These girls’ multimodal responses reflected how they disrupted dominant storylines of exclusionary practices. Their authentic acts of visual advocacy give us hope for the future.

ANALISIS KESIAPAN PEMILIHAN UMUM KEPALA DAERAH KABUPATEN TUBAN DI TENGAH PANDEMI COVID-19

Elections are activities that aim to elect the leader of a region. Regional head elections held in 2020 are slightly different elections compared to elections in previous years. This difference is related to the Covid-19 pandemic that plagues the world, including Indonesia. The 2020 election sparked pros and cons in the community. Using digital literacy methods with a qualitative approach, this article examines the readiness of Tuban Regency in the face of the 2020 elections. Based on the results obtained, Tuban Regency held elections in 2020 with various preparations that meet health protocols. Like when conducting voter registration, the recorded officer uses a complete self-supporting tool to prevent the transmission of the Covid-19 virus.Keywords : 2020 election, Covid-19 Abstrak Pemilihan umum merupakan kegiatan dimana bertujuan untuk memilih pemimpin suatu wilayah. Pemilihan umum kepala daerah yang diselenggarakan di tahun 2020 merupakan pemilihan umum yang sedikit berbeda dibandingkan dengan pemilihan umum di tahun-tahun sebelumnya. Perbedaan ini terkait dengan adanya pandemi Covid-19 yang mewabah di seluruh dunia, termasuk Indonesia. Pilkada 2020 yang memicu adanya pro dan kontra dalam masyarakat. Dengan menggunakan metode literasi digital dengan pendekatan kualiatatif, artikel ini mengkaji tentang kesiapan Kabupaten Tuban dalam menghadapi pilkada 2020. Berdasarkan hasil yang didapat, Kabupaten Tuban mengadakan pilkada 2020 dengan berbagai persiapan yang memenuhi protocol kesehatan. Seperti saat melakukan pendataan pemilih, petugas yang mendata menggunakan alat pelingdung diri yang lengkap guna mencegah penularan virus Covid-19.Kata kunci : Pilkada 2020, Covid-19

Literacy as an Effective Media for Distance Learning

The emergence of the phenomenon of distance learning as online learning during the pandemic is concerned about the quality of achieving learning objectives. Finally, distance learning becomes an option so that the implementation of higher education can still be carried out like conventional learning. This restlessness opens opportunities for literacy methods as an effective medium in distance learning. The purpose of this research is to explain that literacy is not limited to reading and writing skills. Familiarize students with reading and accessing information before learning is a positive habit for organizing the brain and critical analysis skills. The research method used in research during this pandemic is a literature study "library research" (library research) with a qualitative approach. The type of data used is secondary data obtained from various sources such as books, journals, scientific writings as well as observations of online learning at the research campus. The research findings refer to several references, that literacy is the local wisdom of the Indonesian people, has practical goals that can be utilized and developed as a renewal in the era of educational technology. Thus, during this pandemic, literacy has been developed in various aspects of learning life such as technology, culture, politics, finance, information, and so on. The impact of literacy effectively has made students able to study independently and learn actively. Mastery of technology in literacy creates student learners, thinkers, researchers, and agents of change. The use of literacy as a medium for distance learning is an opportunity that this learning provides an opportunity for anyone to learn. The effectiveness of literacy as a medium in distance learning is very important to be developed with the mastery of digital technology

Theoretical Background for a Strategy of Development of Cultural Literacy in Schools

Aim. Based on the analysis of two social-cultural cases (Lithuania and Georgia), the aim of the research is to reveal the necessity to create a strategy for the development of cultural literacy in schools; to examine the corpus of theory that deals with the concept of cultural literacy and based on the analysis of the latter to suggest a hypothesis for the development of cultural literacy. Methods. The theoretical literature review (i.e., its relevance in academic discourse and international organisations as well as individual countries) has helped to establish the already existing definitions of the concept of cultural literacy, their interaction and to develop a new hypothesis to be tested for the development of cultural literacy in schools. Results and conclusion. The literature review has shown that representatives of different theories offer different definitions of cultural literacy, although there is a common theoretical line on the basis of which I offer to the reader my own structure of cultural literacy development strategy. The analysis of historical and geographical contexts of Lithuania and Georgia has revealed that nowadays even small countries’ society, with a dominant single nation, in some ways can be considered as a multicultural society. Schools in the said countries have become an intercultural place of learning, where reemigrants, migrants, ethnical minorities and locals are brought together. The analysis has led to the conclusion that taking into account modern challenges, the importance of the development of cultural literacy in schools is growing both for international organisations and for individual countries. The concept of cultural literacy is considered value-based knowledge, which comes as a response to the requirements of society’s sustainable coexistence.

KONSEP SISTEM SINTAKTIK VISUAL DALAM KOMIK TAHILALATS

<p>Abstract<br />One of the famous comic strips in Indonesia since 2014 is Tahilalats (Instagram @tahilalats). With its<br />simple visual characteristics, Tahilalats comics are able to become interesting, recognizable, sustainable,<br />and comfortable comics to watch. This study will discuss the design elements in Tahilalats comics<br />that form a syntactic visual system as an effort to achieve consistency in each episode. This study<br />uses qualitative methodologies and descriptive analysis methods with Charles Morris’ semiotic theory<br />and literacy methods by collecting data from books, journals, articles, and pages on the internet that<br />are related to the object. Through this research, it can be concluded that the syntactic visual system<br />makes comics look interrelated and when there are too many episodes, it will be seen as a unified design<br />that distinguishes it from other similar comics. The results of this study are expected to be useful for<br />designers and comic artists to understand a good syntactic system in sustainable design works..<br /><strong>Keywords: comic, design elements, syntactic</strong></p><p><strong></strong><br />Abstrak<br />Salah satu komik strip yang terkenal di Indonesia sejak tahun 2014 adalah Tahilalats (Instagram @tahilalats). Dengan ciri khas visual yang sederhana, komik Tahilalats mampu menjadi komik yang menarik, mudah dikenali, berkesinambungan, dan nyaman untuk dilihat.<br />Penelitian ini akan membahas elemen desain dalam komik Tahilalats yang membentuk sistem visual sintaktik sebagai upaya mencapai konsistensi dalam tiap episodenya. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan teori semiotika Charles Morris. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan metode literasi yang memiliki keterkaitan dengan objek. Melalui penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa sistem sintaktik visual membuat komik terlihat<br />saling berkaitan. Selain itu ketika episode yang dibuat sangat banyak akan terlihat sebagai satu kesatuan desain yang mempunyai pembeda dari komik sejenis lainnya. Hasil penelitian ini diharapkan dapat berguna bagi desainer komunikasi visual terutama komikus agar dapat memahami sistem sintaktik visual dalam karya desain yang berkesinambungan.<br /><strong>Kata kunci: komik, elemen desain, sintaktik</strong></p>