Exploring the World of Literacy. The Thirty-Sixth Yearbook: A Doubled Peer-Reviewed Publication of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers

For their 57th annual conference, the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) met in Dallas, Texas at Addison Marriott Quorum by the Galleria. This year's conference theme was Exploring the World of Literacy, which was also used as the title for this year's Yearbook, Volume 36. Included are double-peer reviewed papers, the presidential address, and the keynote address: (1) Infinite Hope: Leadership for a More Literate World (Robin W. Erwin, Jr.); (2) Literacy, Literature and Learning to Teach: An Oral History (Judy S. Richardson); (3) ALER Colleagues and Friends (D. Ray Reutzel); (4) Developing Culturally Responsive Literacy Teachers: Analysis of Academic, Demographic, and Experiential Factors Related to Teacher Self-Efficacy (Amie Sarker); (5) Expanding the Circle: Collaborative Research to Create a Culturally Responsive Family Literacy Program (Alison Gear); (6) Analyzing and Comparing Struggling Readers' Personal Writing Quality in Two Formats: Traditional Response and E-response Journals (Sheri J. Tucker and Philip J. Tucker); (7) iPad Use in Elementary Literacy Tutoring Experiences (Susan L. Massey); (8) Coaching with CARE in a Preservice Literacy Teacher Education Program: A Design/Development Study (James V. Hoffman, Beth Maloch, Melissa Wetzel, Laura Taylor, Alina Pruitt, Erin Greeter and Saba Vlach); (9) Empower the Learner: Using Transformative Practices to Construct Critical Thinking Pathways to Disciplinary Reading (Tammy F. Donaldson, Roberta S. Pate, Deborah W. Addison and Tiana Z. McCoy); (10) Investigating Attitudes of Secondary Preservice Teachers Regarding Teaching Content Area Literacy Strategies (CALS) and their Attitude Differences by Academic Majors (Kay Hongnam and Susan Szabo); (11) College Students Motivation to Read (Catherin McGeehan and Martha Mercantini); (12) Moving the University Reading Clinic to an Online Setting (Linda K. Lilienthal); (13) Reading about Literacy: A Study Revisited (Daniel L. Pearce, Corinne M. Valadez and Tiana M. Pearce); and (14) Measuring the Lasting Effects of Dialogic Reading Training on English Language Learning Children and Families (Diana Brannon and Linda Dauksas). Individual papers contain references. [For "Literacy Is Transformative. The Thirty-Fifth Yearbook A Doubled Peer Reviewed Publication of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers," see ED552939.]