Using Nonfiction for Civic Engagement in Classrooms (eBook)

Critical Approaches

Ruth McKoy Lowery, Paul H. Ricks, Vivian Yenika-Agbaw (Herausgeber)

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2018
140 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-4234-0 (ISBN)

Infos

The book examines social issues prevalent in nonfiction literature and texts for children, their impact on society, and offers ideas on how educators might guide students to engage these issues effectively and critically.

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This book acknowledges the existence of high quality nonfiction children's literature that may serve as a basis for conversation about civic engagements and our roles as global citizens. It touches on our social history, and offers ideas for how educators might be able to engage readers in healthy and useful dialogues on what it means to be human and how nonfiction texts attempt to reconstruct this reality in this quest to recognize our collective humanity.

Autor

Vivian Yenika-Agbaw is professor of children’s literature and literacy at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park. She teaches courses on children’s and adolescent literature.Ruth McKoy Lowery is professor of literacy and associate chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University. She teaches courses on children's literature and literacy education.Paul H. Ricks is a doctoral candidate in Curriculum and Instruction at The Pennsylvania State University, where he currently teaches children’s literature courses.

Inhalt

List of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Critical Conversations: Approaches Some Authors Have Adopted to Address Social IssuesVivian Yenika-AgbawChapter 2:You Too Can Make a Difference: Young Civil Rights ActivistsTerrell A. Young, Barbara A. Ward, and Deanna DayChapter 3: Advocating for Immigrant Experiences in Nonfiction LiteratureRuth McKoy Lowery, Kathleen Colantonio-Yurko and Cody MillerChapter 4:Teaching for Social Justice: Nonfiction Texts and Multi-genre Writing Ann Berger-Knorr and Mary Napoli Chapter 5:Sixth Grade’s Inquiry into the World War II Japanese Internment Camps Yoo Kyung Sung and Junko Sakoi Chapter 6:Critical Conversations Using Native American Autobiographies Paul H. RicksChapter 7:Biographies as Bibliotherapy: Using Nonfiction to Help Boys Overcome BullyingLunetta M. Williams and Kelly C. ScottChapter 8:Creating Spaces for Critical Conversations on Issues of Social Justice Mary Ellen Oslick, Terri Robertson and Melissa ParksChapter 9: Helpful Resources to Engage Children in Conversations on Social Issues in Nonfiction LiteratureSuzanne Chapman, Mario Worlds, and Soowon JoContributors’ Biography

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.2.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Schlagworte: Children’s literature • Content Area Literacies • Democratic Practices • Inquiry • Pedagogy
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-4234-1 / 1475842341
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-4234-0 / 9781475842340