Books by Richard Beach

This resource offers an alternative framework for middle and secondary English instruction. The authors provide strategies for engaging students in critical inquiry projects about the social worlds they inhabit or about those portrayed in literature and the media.

Examines how working-class high school students' identity construction is mediated by discourses and cultural practices operating in their classroom, school, family, sports, community, and workplace worlds. This book contributes to understanding the role of institutions in shaping adolescents' lives.