International Perspectives on Literacies, Diversities, and Opportunities for Learning

Cynthia Brock is Professor and Wyoming Excellence Endowed Chair in Literacy in the College of Education at the University of Wyoming, USA.Beryl Exley is Professor and Deputy Head of Learning and Teaching in the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University, Australia.Lester-Irabinna Rigney is Professor and Co-Chair of the Pedagogies for Justice Group of the Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion, Education Futures Unit at the University of South Australia, Australia.

• ContentsSupport MaterialForeword Section 1 - Setting the ContextIntroduction: Contextualizing Our Collaboration, Our Book, and Opportunities for Learning What Do Opportunities and Diversities Have To Do with Literacies Teaching and Learning?: A ProvocationSection 2 - Opportunities-for-Learning: Focusing on Learners Learning Exploring Classroom Implications of Literacies and Diversities Through an Opportunities for Learning (OfL) Lens Teaching through lifeworlds of Aboriginal Children: Australian Opportunities through Culturally Responsive Pedagogies Positioning and Academic Diversity in a First-Grade Literacy Program: Implications for Opportunities for Learning Opportunities for Learning Disciplinary Literacies in Engineering Club (Grades 3-5) Transnational Digital Literacies and Transitory Opportunities: A Perspective from the Global South Opportunities for LGBTQ+ Students’ Learning in English Language Arts ClassroomsSection 3 - Literacies, Diversities, and Opportunities for Learning: Teachers and Teacher Education The Significance of Difference: Student Diversity and Literacy Learning The City as Curriculum: Opportunities for Learning about Literacies, Ethnography, and Pedagogy of Place White Teachers' Opportunities for Learning About Whiteness Newly Trained Ghanaian Teachers’ Opportunities for Learning Literacy Content Collaborative Inquiries in Diverse Literacy Classrooms to Understand Learning OpportunitiesSection 4 - Opportunities for Learning: Community and Family Literacies Unveiling the Hidden Capital of Family Prolepsis for School: Non-Dominant Students’ Opportunities for Positive Futures Co-Constructing Opportunities for Shared, Collective Literacies Learning in Communities in Fiji Co-Constructing Opportunities for Learning with Displaced Children and Families From Deficit Discourses to Learning About Pedagogy: Using Testimonio to Track Opportunities for Learning in a Research Journey Conclusion: New Imagining of School