Foreword / Vivian M. Vasquez
Part I. Histories, Contexts, Ideologies, and Pedagogical Beliefs
1. Theories and Methodologies of Consciousness-Raising
Critical Sociocultural Theory and Critical Literacy
Moments of Consciousness-Raising: Unpacking Histories and Ideologies with Whiteness Theory
Critical Literacy with Relatively Affluent Young Children?
A Note on Criticalness and Power
2. Constructing Privilege as a Child: Autoethnography as a Process of Consciousness-Raising
3. Students as Co-Inquirers: Our Critical Literacy Inquiry
Contextualizing Spaces and Faces: The Program Site and Children
Wrestling with Critical Literacy Teaching
Part II. Moments of Consciousness-Raising
4. Witnessing: What Do You Do with What You See and Know?
Flashbacks: Personal Narratives with Witnessing
Who Is Responsible for Acting on What They Witness?
Moments of Consciousness-Raising
5. Whiteness: How Was Curriculum Shaped by My Histories?
Connecting the Playground Bench Incident with Rosa Parks
Flashback: A Personal Narrative with Whiteness and Segregation
Living Out Whiteness in Dialogues
Moments of Consciousness-Raising
6. What Is a Negotiated Critical Literacy Inquiry?
Flashbacks: Personal Narratives of Experiencing Dogmatic Teaching
Tensions of Planning a Curriculum Based on Student Interests
Inquiries That Did Not Become a Part of the Curriculum
Moments of Consciousness-Raising
7. "We, Them, White, Black": What Language Should Educators Use?
Flashback: A Personal Narrative of Othering Through Language
Language to Downplay Injustices
Managing the Children's Language
"Easy Answers" to Tough Questions
"We, Them, White, Black, Brown": Who Am I Referring To?
Verbal Role-Play: Hedging Around with Possibilities
Moments of Consciousness-Raising
8. We Didn't Approach Mrs. Adams: Can Social Action Be Embodied Over Time and Space?
Social Action Through Multimodal Literacies
Moments of Consciousness-Raising
9. Tensions as Productive Resources: Consciousness-Raising as an Ongoing Process
Living Out Critical Literacy Teaching
Making Sense of Tensions as Resources
Appendix A. Parent Questionnaire
Appendix B. Example of Summer Program Newsletter
Appendix C. Resources in Literature
Appendix D. Reflective Exercises for Educators
Children's Book References
