Situatedness is the core of diversity, and the strategies and insights of each chapter equip students to reach their full potential. Promoting Educational Success synthesizes educational equality, constructivism, and situated literacy in practical ways to strategically empower students and take learning to the next level.

Promoting Educational Success through Culturally Situated Instruction uniquely highlights the power of educational equity, constructivism, and situated literacy. While many books discuss diversity or constructivism, and some address situated literacy, this book synthesizes all three components to produce synergy. Situatedness is the core of diversity, and the strategies and insights in each chapter equip students to reach their full potential. This text synthesizes educational equality, constructivism, and situated literacy in unique and practical ways that strategically prepare students for the next level of learning. These chapters provide insights for educational opportunities that personalize learning, take learning to the next level, and provide transformative strategies to empower students. Each chapter explores an area of education in which situatedness and a connection to the learner at a deep, personal level are components of the teaching/learning scenario.

1. Educating from a Socioculturally Situated Perspective: Minds in Society

Wally D. Thompson, Eastern New Mexico University

2. Situated Cognition: Learning to Design Technology for Effective Teaching and Learning, Traditional Experiences, and Contextual Learning

Mark Viner, Eastern New Mexico University

3. Implementing Literature Circles that Promote Inclusive, Diverse, and Effective Discussions

Chase Young, Sam Houston State University

Brandon Murphy, Metropolitan State University of Denver

4. Eight Emerging Themes Among Picture Books Featuring Characters Affected by War

Stephanie Grote-Garcia, University of the Incarnate Word

Lopita Nath, University of the Incarnate Word

Emily Clark, University of the Incarnate Word

5. Understanding Heritage Speakers and the Role of Situated Literacy in the Mainstream Classroom

Rossy Evelin Lima de Padilla, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi

6. Socioculturally-Focused Education for a Just Society: A Literacy Instruction Model for a Diverse Society

Debra J. Coffey, Kennesaw State University

Wally D. Thompson, Eastern New Mexico University

7. Measuring the Impact of Situated Literacy in Heterogeneous Classes

Wally D. Thompson, Eastern New Mexico University

Debra Coffey, Kennesaw State University

Rossy Evelin Lima de Padilla, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Loretta Fontanez, Artesia Independent School District

8. Are We Together? Improving Language Arts Instruction through Inquiry and Contextualized Pedagogy

Katherine Higgs-Coulthard, Saint Mary’s College

9. Influences of Situated Cognition for English Learners

Joe Don Procter, Eastern New Mexico University

10. Communities of Learning: Harnessing the Pedagogical Power of Situated Cognition

Wally Thompson, Eastern New Mexico University

Debra Coffey, Kennesaw State University