Book Chapters

Book Chapters
Albright, J., S. Church, S. Settle and V. Vasquez. (1999). A Conversation about Critical Literacy. In Edelsky, C. (Ed.) Making Justice Our Project. Pp. 144-162. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. 18 pages.

Harste, J., C. Leland, M. Lewison, A, Ociepka and V. Vasquez. (2000). Supporting Critical Conversations in Classrooms. In Mitchell Pierce (Ed.) Adventuring With Books. pp.507-554. Urbana, IL. National Council of Teachers of English. 47 pages

Harste, J., M. Lewison, C. Leland, A. Ociepka and V. Vasquez (2000) Exploring Critical Literacy: You Can Hear a Pin Drop. In Graham, B. (Ed.) Trends and Issues in Elementary Language Arts. pp.203-218. Urbana, IL: National Council Of Teachers Of English. 15 pages.

Vasquez, V. (2001) Constructing a Critical Curriculum with Young Children. In Critical Literacy at Elementary Sites. Comber, B. & Simpson, A. (Eds.). Pp. 55-66. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 11 pages

Vasquez, V. (2001). Classroom Inquiry into the Incidental Unfolding of Social Justice Issues: Seeking Out Possibilities in the Lives of Learners. In Critiquing Whole Language and Classroom Inquiry. . Comber, B. & Cakmac, S. (Eds.). Pp.200-215.Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. 15 pages

Vasquez, V. (2005) Resistance, power-tricky, and colorless energy: What Engagement with Everyday Popular Culture Texts Can Teach Us about Learning and Literacy. In Marsh J. (Ed.) Popular Culture, Media and Digital Literacies in Early Childhood. Falmer Press, UK. 15 pages.

Vasquez, V. (2005) Creating Spaces for Critical Literacy with Young Children: Using Everyday Issues and Everyday Print. In Evans, J. (Ed.) Reading Isn’t Just about Books: 21st Century Approaches for 21st Century Children. David Fulton Publishers (UK) and Heinemann (USA) 14 pages.

Vasquez, V. (2005) Critical Literacy. In Larson, J. and Marsh, J. Making Literac Real. London, New Dehli, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Contributor. 38 pages.

Vasquez, V. , and VanderZanden, S. (2009). Critical Moves in Literacy Education. In Cooper, K. Critical Literacies in Action: Social Perspectives and Teaching Practices. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Vasquez, V., Harste, J., and Albers, P. (2010). In Baker, B. (Ed) New Literacies from Multiple Perspectives. Peter Lang Publishers.

Vasquez, V., and Felderman C. (2011). Critical Literacy Goes Digital: Exploring Intersections Between Critical Literacies and New Technologies with Young Children. In Myers, R., and Whitmore K. Reviving Reading. In Progress.