Paulo Freire and Multilingual Education: Theoretical Approaches, Methodologies, and Empirical Analyses in Language and Literacy

This collection celebrates the work of Paulo Freire by assembling transnational perspectives on Freirean-based educational models that reconsider and reimagine language and literacy instruction, especially for multilingual learners. Offering an international and comparative overview of Freire’s theories and critical pedagogies in relation to multilingualism, this volume presents innovative analyses and applications of theories and methods and features case studies in public schools, after-school and community literacy programs, and grassroots activism. Part I features chapters that expand on Freire’s concepts and ideas, including critical literacies, critical consciousness, and liberatory teaching principles. Part II features chapters that discuss empirical analyses from applied research studies that draw from these philosophical concepts, making important connections to key topics on supporting students, curriculum development, and teaching. Ideal for students and scholars in language education, bilingual/multilingual methods, and sociology of education, the volume informs teacher knowledge and practice. In offering alternative paradigms to our dominant, homogenized monolingual status quo, the chapters present a shared vision of what multilingual literacy can offer students and how it can transform educational spaces into sites of imagination, creativity, and hope.

Table of Contents:
Foreword: "The People" Lost in Translation Samuel Rocha From Angicos to the World: Paulo Freire and the Task of Emancipatory Multilingual Education Sandro R. Barros and Luciana C. de Oliveira Part I: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches Critical Biliteracies: The Mutually Reinforcing Endeavors of Freirean Criticality and Bilingualism Chris K. Chang-Bacon and Soria E. Colomer The Critical Space Between: Weaving Freirean and Sociocultural Pedagogies Brandon J. Sherman and Annela Teemant Transforming Privilege: The Four R’s of Pedagogical Possibilities Adam Howard, Patrick Dickert, Wallace Tucker, and Sam Jefferson Reading the World and Conscientização: Teaching about Multilingualism for Social Justice for Multilingual Learners Heather Linville Part II: Empirical Analyses Involvement and Authenticity: Transforming Literacy Curricula for Marshallese Students through Community-Based Writing Projects Anny Fritzen Case, Marcy Ray Dodd, and Gina Mikel Petrie Learning English as an Additional Language from Children’s Points of View in a Public School in Brazil: A Freirean Perspective Andrea da Silva Marques Ribeiro and Jessica F. Cruz Critical Educulturalism in the Borderlands: Exploring Social Positionality and the Dialogic Processes of Culture Circles Kelly Metz-Matthews and Michele McConnell Kindergarteners as Co-constructors of an Equitable Learning Community in a Dual-Language Class: A Freirean Analysis Tatiana M. Cevallos and Rosa M. Floyd (Re)Turning to Freirean-Philosophy in Preparing Content Teachers to Work with Multilingual Students Kara Mitchell Viesca, Peiwen Wang, Brandon Heinz, and Alexa Yunes Digital Storytelling as a Freirean-Based Pedagogy with Refugee-Background Youth Carrie Symons and Kasun Gajasinghe Ignoramuses and Sages: Using Freirean Concepts to Co-construct Socially Just Initial Teacher Education Practices Gabriel Díaz Maggioli Planting Seeds: Pre-Service Teachers Explore the Legacies of Projeto Axé and Projeto Semear Amanda Montes and Miguel Fernández Álvarez Rereading Learning, Schooling, and Race: Reflecting on Dialogical Language Teacher Preparation Through Participatory Action Research Amanda J. Swearingen, Catherine McCarthy, Autumn E. Sanders, and Taylor M. Drinkman Problematização and Poesis: Making Problems with Freire and Someone Else’s Syllabus Cori McKenzie Bridging Multimodality and Criticality to Language Education with a Twist from the Global South: Multimodal Critical Consciousness as Multimodal Conscientização Raúl Alberto Mora, Andrés Tobón-Gallego, Maria Camila Mejía-Vélez, and Elizabeth (Effy) Agudelo Afterword by Valdir Borges