Creating Equitable Literacy Learning Environments

A Transformative Model
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-04402-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This groundbreaking book introduces the Model for Equitable Literacy Learning Environments (MELLE), a comprehensive framework that integrates evidence-based instruction with culturally responsive pedagogy to create truly equitable learning environments for all children.

Despite decades of reading instruction reform, persistent achievement disparities remain between students from marginalised communities and their more privileged peers. Drawing on extensive international research across Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the author examines how three key dimensions—quality instruction, opportunity to read, and authentic representation in reading materials—must work together within supportive cultural and community contexts. Interwoven with real-classroom examples, the text showcases how this framework can be applied to address persistent achievement gaps and promote inclusive education.

Moving beyond polarised literacy debates, this book is a must-read for educators seeking practical solutions to create equitable learning environments that empower learners from a range of backgrounds.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adam, Helen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Preface and Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: The Reading Equity Dilemma

2. Theoretical Framework for Equitable Literacy Learning Environments

3. Quality Instruction: Rethinking 'Best Practice'

4. Opportunity Inequities in Access to Reading

5. Representation in Reading Materials

6. Disrupting Prejudice Through Children's Literature

7. The Model for Equitable Literacy Learning Environments

8. Culturally Responsive Literacy in Action: An Exemplar of Practice Mikayla King and Helen Adam

9. Policy and Practice

10. Conclusion: Towards a New Paradigm in Reading Education

Appendix: Research Methodology

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Helen Adam is an Associate Professor at Edith Cowan University, Western Australia and a 2022 Churchill Fellow. Her research focuses on culturally responsive and equitable literacy education. She has published extensively on anti-bias and equitable education through diverse literature in leading educational journals.