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Theoretical Models and Processes of Literacy, 7th ed.

March 28th, 2024

in Pickering Educational Resources Library

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Theoretical Models and Processes of Literacy (7th ed.)
Donna E. Alvermann, Norman Unrau, Misty Sailors, Robert B. Ruddell: Routledge; c2019.

This impressive work of over 600 pages brings together various literacy and reading research experts to provide “classic and trend-setting scholarship that is among the best in the field”.  The 30 chapters are divided into these five major sections:

  1. Historical,
  2. Cognitive and Sociocognitive,
  3. Sociocultural,
  4. Critical, and
  5. Looking Back, Looking Forward.

The BU Libraries also has full text access to several International Literacy Association (ILA) journals such as the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Reading Research Quarterly, and the Reading Teacher.  Also, the ILA website is a major source for networking and for more information on the topics involved.