General Interest

Thanks to Literacy Pedagogy with Whole-Earth Consciousness, teachers of young and older novice readers alike no longer have to separate structured reading instruction from meaningful, engaging, age-appropriate content. In clear language and with multiple examples drawn directly from practice – including case studies, vignettes, discourse analyses, text sets, samples of curriculum, and more – this book shows how literacy pedagogy can be merged with science-based concepts, understandings, and practices relating to caring for ourselves, caring for others, and caring for the earth as a whole. With environmental challenges pressing ever more closely on everyday life – including effects of extreme heat, flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes, and wildfire, among others – Literacy Pedagogy with Whole-Earth Consciousness offers a hopeful path forward for literacy educators, science educators, elementary educators, tutors, university faculty and students, homeschooling families, and childcare providers. Readers will draw inspiration from seeing how earth-conscious literacy pedagogy unfolds in multiple educational contexts: an afterschool program, a virtual literacy tutorial, a 3-week school enrichment program, and a graduate-level literacy course. Rogers and Schaenen showcase how place-based approaches to literacy instruction can empower students and teachers alike as readers while also dramatically deepening their relationships with the environment. Uniquely, Literacy Pedagogy with Whole-Earth Consciousness merges together teacher action research, discourse analysis, literacy teacher education, and eco-justice pedagogies. What results is a timely, conceptually rich guide to an experiential and evidence-based approach to literacy teaching and learning. Experiential approaches to literacy learning can help enrich the understanding young people have about themselves, other people, and their sense of belonging on planet Earth. Literacy Pedagogy with Whole-Earth Consciousness can be a central adopted text in undergraduate and graduate classrooms: with student reading scores seemingly stuck or worsening, what’s urgently needed are innovative, thoughtful, authentic approaches to teaching literacy comprehensively at the earliest and intermediate stages, especially in classes preparing teachers for service or extending the repertoires of in-service teachers at the graduate level. It will also be a useful adopted text in graduate classes that explore discourse analysis and teacher action research. Because the book will include examples of critically oriented discourse analysis within an action research framework, Literacy Pedagogy with Whole-Earth Consciousness will appeal to fellow critical literacy researchers, as well as scholars and practitioners of discourse analysis. The book will extend approaches to critical discourse studies in educational 4 settings by engaging eco-linguistics as a pedagogical and research tool. For this reason, literacy clinic directors and their affiliated faculty will also be interested readers. As a guide to cutting-edge curriculum and instruction with regard to literacy and the environment, college, university, and public libraries will want to include this book in their collections. The authors write with clarity for the ever-growing number of homeschooling families, microschools, and indeed any caregivers of young children who are interested in merging research-based developmental literacy with environmental content in age-appropriate ways. Literacy Pedagogy with Whole-Earth Consciousness is accessible and useful to all participants in an ever-growing and collaborative community of learners. The authors made the decision to jump into the kind of work that would foreground relationships, seek continuities, embrace non-linear patterns of change, and adhere to a basic ecological principle of favoring diversity over monoculture. Through a two-year inquiry across multiple contexts, they have worked to envision and construct a conceptual and practical trellis that will support the fruits of comprehensive literacy development – phonics, comprehension, fluency, writing, spelling, curiosity, and joy – while remaining grounded in place-based content and care. Along the way, they have engaged in reflexive research, documenting, analyzing, synthesizing, and reflecting on their practice across multiple learning ecologies.Perfect for courses such as: Eco-Literacy; Action Research/Teacher Research; Foundations of Teaching Literacy; Teaching Reading and Writing in School and Community Settings; Education and Society Through Service Learning; Climate Change Narratives; Literacy and Social Justice; Discourse Analysis; Theory and Practice of Literacy Tutoring; Teaching and Learning in Environmental Education; Science Communications; Science Literacy

Cultivating Belonging by Design: The Q10 Way of Being; Leading with Intention, Teaching with Purpose, and Transforming Learning is an invitation to build schools where every learner truly belongs. Rooted in the Quantum Ten (Q10) Framework developed by Talisa Sullivan PhD, this book offers a powerful practical roadmap for educators and leaders ready to move beyond slogans and checklists into deep sustainable change. Written as both guide and companion, Cultivating Belonging by Design: The Q10 Way of Being walks readers through each Q10 element with clarity, courage, and heart. Cultivating Belonging by Design: The Q10 Way of Being aspires to revolutionize educational best practices by offering a comprehensive guide to the intentional integration of the ten essential educational best practices—also known as the Q10 elements. These elements include Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, Growth Mindset, Inclusive Practices, Culturally Responsive Practices, Restorative Practices, Universal Design for Learning, Response to Intervention, Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports, Social-Emotional Learning, and Trauma-Informed Practices. This book aims to provide access, opportunity, engagement, and success to all learners. Every chapter opens with an inspiring quote and a personal story, drawing readers into the real work of cultivating belonging. These narratives remind us that belonging is experienced in the daily lives of students, families, and educators. Chapters provide research informed background on a Q10 component, presented as parts of a coherent equity driven ecosystem. Readers see how these elements connect to create environments where every learner is seen challenged and supported. A Q10 Inquiry in every chapter invites readers to examine beliefs, policies, and habits through the lens of equity and belonging, helping individuals and teams surface assumptions, confront inequities, and imagine new possibilities. A Q10 Action offers concrete steps, real life examples, and strategies that can be adapted in schools and systems with space for reflection and planning. Designed for use by teachers, principals, and system level leaders, Cultivating Belonging by Design: The Q10 Way of Being can anchor professional learning book studies and leadership retreats. The book provides common language, frameworks, and stories that help communities transition from inspiration to implementation. More than a collection of best practices, Cultivating Belonging by Design: The Q10 Way of Being is a call to reimagine what schools can be. For anyone who believes education can be a vehicle for healing liberation and generational transformation, this book offers both a vision and a roadmap inviting readers to build communities of true belonging: one inquiry, one action, and one courageous step at a time.Perfect for courses such as: Introduction to Teaching; Foundations of Education; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) in Education; Human Development and Learning in the Classroom; Educational Leadership and Change; Equity-Centered School Leadership; Organizational Culture and School Improvement; Alternative Education and Student Reengagement; Leading Culturally Responsive Schools; School-Community Relations and Family Engagement; Creating Inclusive Campus Climates and Belonging

Teacher moonlighting has been studied and documented since at least the early 1960s, and yet, it can be easily argued that the phenomenon is still not understood. Teachers moonlight in higher numbers than other professions, and while most teachers claim that they do it for the money, increases in their compensation have not reduced the practice. By the Light of the Silvery Moon is the first book to provide a thorough review of the research on the topic, looking deeply into the intricate workings of a profession that is at least imperiled or, in the best of scenarios, a profession that is in transition. Teachers play a critical role in society, so teaching needs to be a sustainable profession where teachers may still moonlight, but the opportunities to expand the status as well as the content and context of their work are unlimited. This book fills an important gap in the literature by bringing together the research and situating it within a broader conversation about teachers’ work.Perfect for courses such as: All undergraduate and graduate Foundations of Education courses, Introduction to Education, History and Philosophy of Education, and Teacher Leadership.