ALLAN LUKE - Critical Literacy, School Improvement, and the Four Resources Model

This webinar was presented live on October 7, 2012 for Global Conversations in Literacy Research 2012-2013 Series" (http://globalconversationsinliteracy....) APA Citation: Luke, A. (2012, October 7). Critical literacy, school improvement, and the four resources model. [Webinar]. In Global Conversations in Literacy Research Web Seminar Series. Retrieved from    • ALLAN LUKE - Critical Literacy, School Imp...  . Dr. Allan Luke is an educator, researcher, and theorist studying multiliteracies, linguistics, family literacy, and educational policy. He currently is an emeritus professor at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. Dr. Luke has written or edited over 14 books and more than 140 articles and book chapters. Along with Peter Freebody, Dr. Luke originated the Four Resources Model of literacy education. Dr. Luke and Peter Freebody introduced the Four Resources Model in literacy education. This model posits that to be a fully literate citizen, a person needs coding competence, semantic competence, pragmatic competence, and critical competence. None of these resources is sufficient by itself but that each is essential. Further, the resources are not meant to indicate a sequence of instruction. Different resources should be present in instruction in varying amounts, depending upon the needs of the students. Dr. Luke has also stated that critical competence, far from being an upper level topic, can begin to be developed in year one of education and before. For more information about him, please visit http://globalconversationsinliteracy....