Using critical literacies to instruct through multicultural text to enhance comprehension, higher order thinking skills, and respect for other diversities

<p>The purpose of this approach was to instruct students using critical literacies within the confines of multicultural texts. While using a variety of texts, students were exposed to text and “voices” they might not otherwise have heard as well as learned to comprehend better and learned to use higher order thinking skills beyond the words on the page.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. Reading Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Education

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Enders, Shannon Moncrief

Contributors dc:contributor

• Abraham, Stephanie

• critical literacy
• multicultural texts
• higher order thinking
• diversity
• Critical pedagogy; Multicultural education; Language arts (Elementary)
• Elementary Education and Teaching

Repository record dc:identifier

https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/580

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-1579