Literacy behind Bars

Successful Reading and Writing Strategies for Use with Incarcerated Youth and Adults

Mary E. Styslinger, Karen Gavigan, Kendra Albright (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

108 Seiten

2017
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-6925-5 (ISBN)

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Literacy behind Bars: Successful Reading and Writing Strategies for Use with Incarcerated Youth and Adults is a practical resource for teachers, librarians, administrators, and community stakeholders who work with incarcerated youth and adults. The book includes examples of authentic literacy practices that have been successfully used with those incarcerated around the nation. These include:
creating graphic novels,book clubs,writing about gang life,reading buddies,urban literaturedeveloping a writing workshopestablishing a school library

Mary E. Styslinger is an associate professor of English and literacy education at the University of South Carolina where she directs the Midlands Writing Project. Her research interests include interweaving literacy into the English curriculum and serving marginalized and at-risk youth; she has published articles in English Journal, Voices from the Middle, Language Arts, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, and Kappan. Karen Gavigan is an associate professor in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina. She and Mindy Tomasevich are co-authors of Connecting Comics to Curriculum: Strategies for Grades 6-12 (Libraries Unlimited), and Karen and Kendra Albright are co-editors of the graphic novel, AIDS in the End Zone. Kendra Albright is Professor and Director of the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University and Editor of Libri, International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies. Dr. Albright’s interdisciplinary research addresses issues of information ethics and social justice for minority and disenfranchised populations.

Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Part I. Supporting Writers
1.Word by Word: Teaching Poetic Economy Behind Bars
Deborah Appleman
2.Teaching to the Heart: Fostering Empathy through Writing Workshop
Timothy R. Bunch
3.Composing Public Service Announcements: Using Digital Mentor Texts to
Support Student Writers in a Juvenile Detention Facility
Kristine E. Pytash
4. Writing About the Secrets of Gang Life
Kendra S. Albright

Part II. Encouraging Readers
5. Call-and-Responsive Reading: Street Literature as Agency for Incarcerated Readers
Vanessa Irvin
6. Books Behind the Fence
Susan McNair
7. Creating a Community of Writers Using Graphic Novels
Karen W. Gavigan
8. The Places We Can Go: Book Clubs for Social Justice
Jennifer L. Doyle, Elizabeth M. Bemiss, Mary E. Styslinger

Part III. Inspiring Partnerships
9. Theme for English B: Teaching and Learning with Incarcerated Youth
Peter Williamson, Megan Mercurio, Constance Walker
10. Reading Buddies: A School-University Partnership
Mary E. Styslinger, Timothy R. Bunch
11. Building Bridges Across the Disciplines: Professional Development Behind the
Fence
Victoria A. Oglan, Janie R. Goodman
About the Editors and Contributors
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.02.2017
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Gewicht	304 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
ISBN-10	1-4422-6925-1 / 1442269251
ISBN-13	978-1-4422-6925-5 / 9781442269255
Zustand	Neuware