Many Pathways to Literacy

Introduction: Syncretic Literacy Studies: Starting Points 1. A Sociocultural Approach to Learning E. Gregory, S. Long & D. Volk Part 1: The Family Context: Siblings and Grandparents 2. Mediating Networks for Literacy Learning: The Role of Puerto Rican Siblings D. Volk with M. De Acosta 3. Samia and Sadaqat Play School: Early Bilingual Literacy At Home R. Drury 4. 'Right, get your book bags!': Siblings Playing School in Multiethnic London A. Williams 5. Buzz Lightyear in the Nursery: Intergenerational Literacy Learning in a Multi-Media Age C. Kelly 6. Storytelling and Latino Elders: What Can Children Learn? I. Olmedo Part 2: Friends as Teachers 7. Making a Place for Peer Interaction: Mexican American Kindergartners Learning Language and Literacy S. Long with D. Bell & J. Brown 8. Community School Pupils Re-interpret Their Knowledge of Chinese and Arabic for Primary School Peers C. Kenner 9. 'How do I read these words?': Bilingual Exchange Teaching Between Cantonese Speaking Peers Y. Chen & E. Gregory 10. Friendship Literacy: Young Children as Cultural and Linguistic Experts M. Datta 11. Learning to tb Just: Interactions of White Working Class Peers R. Rogers & M. Mosley Part 3: Learning in Community Settings 12. Change and Tradition in Literacy Instruction in a Samoan American Community A. Duranti, E. Ochs & E. Ta'ase 13. Multilingual Flexibility and Literacy Learning in an Urdu Community School L. Robertson 14. The African American Church: A Beacon of Light on the Pathway to Literacy for African American Children G. McMillon & P. A. Edwards 15. His Eye on the Sparrow: Teaching and Learning in an African American Church W. Haight & J. Carter-Black 16. Cultural Literacy in the World of Pueblo Children M. Romero Conclusion: Many Pathways: Implications of Syncretic Literacy Studies for Practice and Research