Building Literate Communities
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Building Literate Communities

In Conversation with Sheridan Blau

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Building Literate Communities

In Conversation with Sheridan Blau

About this book

Building Literate Communities: In Conversation with Sheridan Blau offers a rich collection of essays that honors and extends the contributions of Sheridan Blau to the fields of English education. It is required reading for educators and researchers committed to advancing learning, instruction, and practice. It is an essential resource for anyone invested in writing studies, literature instruction, literacy, or teacher education.

Blau and his work invite all of us into a conversation about how to best serve learner needs. This volume demonstrates the beauty of and need for building literate communities through collaboration, discussion, and action.

This collection includes:

  • An account of Blau's impact: Learn how Blau's work has influenced communities of students, teachers, and scholars since the 1960s, promoting a richer, more collaborative approach to literacy learning and education.
  • An in-depth examination of key issues in English education: Explore how Blau's principles and practices continue to inform fields such as Composition and Literature Studies, Professional Learning, and Mentorship. Read about Blau's leadership and legacy in the work of Professional Communities—including both the National Writing Project (NWP) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
  • New work from leading voices in writing and literacy studies: Hear from scholars in the field about both the history of and projected future for English education.
  • Inspiration and support for new and veteran educators: Wade into current pedagogical debates and discover innovative approaches to meet the needs of students and teachers in a rapidly changing educational landscape.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword: Patricia Lambert Stock
  7. Introduction
  8. I: “Nobody can learn for you. Nobody can teach you. And you have everything you need right from the start.”
  9. II: “Milton said you can never have a church of more than one member, because as religious as he was, he knew that as soon as you have more than one member, you have somebody telling somebody else how to think and how to pray.”
  10. III: “Thus the places where [a text] seems weakest in its logic or where its drama seems either least believable or most at odds with its own doctrinal claims become the places that hold the greatest promise for teaching us what we do not yet understand.”
  11. IV: “I had three or four heroes. . . . They were all self-taught— they were all autodidacts.”
  12. Index
  13. Editors
  14. Contributors