“On Critically Conscious Research is an eminently readable analysis and summary of the major methodological and epistemological questions and controversies concerning critical theory in literacy research. For anyone interested in learning about, understanding, and engaging in research with a critical edge, this book is an essential resource.”
—Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

“Offers educators an important exposition and synthesis of critically conscious research. This is a wide-ranging work that will serve as a rich resource for teachers, researchers, and activists. It should have a prominent place in every social justice library.”
—Peter McLaren, UCLA, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies

This provocative new title in the NCRLL Collection is a call to action for new and experienced scholars to examine their bias and adopt a more critically conscious stance in their work. Balancing an historical grounding with contemporary research, this book focuses on how critical theories are manifested in language and literacy research. The authors discuss critical consciousnesses in various places, at various times in the world, and at varying levels in language and literacy research. They examine some overlooked roots and routes to present-day critical thinking and predict how branches of theorizing may emerge, evolve, and transform research in a democratic society.

• Situates critical theorizing as a global idea.
• Provides a framework for understanding shifts in critical theorizing.
• Features reviews and innovative analysis of current, critically framed research.
• Challenges new and experienced researchers to actively address social justice concerns.

Arlette Ingram Willis, Mary Montavon, Catherine Hunter, Helena Hall, Latanya Burke, and Ana Herrera

For more books in the NCRLL Series go to http://www.tcpress.com/ncrll_series.html. All royalties on books in this series go to the National Conference on Research in Language and Literacy (NCRLL).