Teaching Literacies in Diverse Contexts

Literacy education can take place in many locationsand periods across the lifespan. Literacy educators require flexibility and adeep toolbox to meet their students' diverse needs, regardless of whether they workin traditional school and college settings or in other environments with variedpopulations. Teaching Literacy in Diverse Contexts showshowpractical experiences can be used in creative ways to support educator developmentfor teaching literacy in a global context.

Mentorship between a developing literacyeducator and an experienced teacher educator is central to the book, and to thepractical experiences in training or professional development that it focuseson. Chapters share the creative solutions discovered during mentorship that supporteddeveloping literacy educators to teach with authenticity in a number ofcontexts, including the adult learning sector, a rural community in Africa and alongsideparents of very sick children. The authors demonstrate how this can be done ina sensitive and culturally relevant manner by parents, volunteers and teacherswith varying degrees of experience in both formal and informal spaces.Together, the chapters build a crucial resource for preparing a broad range ofliteracy educators to teach literacy in many contexts where policy on how bestto teach reading and writing to diverse student bodies ebbs and flows.