Reading for Justice

Engaging Middle Level Readers in Social Action through Young Adult Literature

AvAshley S. Boyd,Janine J. Darragh

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

This book illustrates how middle level English language arts teachers can draw upon young adult literature to facilitate students’ understanding of issues of oppression and allow them opportunities for social action. Each chapter centers on one novel that represents a contemporary topic including the refugee crisis, Indigenous rights, trauma, and bullying. In each, authors provide pre-, during-, and after reading strategies for teaching that connect the social issues in the texts to students’ lives and to the world around them. Research, writing, and digital literacies are emphasized throughout. Authors also include topics for teaching at the intersections of the focal topic with other areas of social justice. Finally, they provide a multitude of avenues for student action, emphasizing the need to move readers from understanding and awareness to asserting their own agency and capacities to effect change in their local, national, and global communities. Additional resources are also included as extensions, such as documentaries, young adult literature companions for study, connected music, and supplementary lesson plans.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-04-15
Mått:151 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:236 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:154
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781475866346

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Ashley S. Boyd is an associate professor of English Education at Washington State University where she teaches courses on English methods, young adult literature, and critical theories and anti-oppressive pedagogies. Janine J. Darragh is associate professor of literacy and English as a new language at the University of Idaho where she teaches courses in young adult literature, teaching students who are culturally and linguistically diverse, and secondary English teacher preparation.

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Boyd and Darragh's follow-up to Reading for Action targets teachers of middle-level students who wish to encourage children of this age to be socially aware and culturally responsive by implementing age-appropriate young adult literature. The text focuses on ten contemporary social issues identified by professional educational organizations. Each chapter is devoted to a different issue, and chapters are paired with specific novels written for middle-level readers. Chapters provide before, during, and after reading strategies as well as ideas for extending learning through student-determined social action projects. Chapters end with timely lists of references, supplemental resources, and connected media related to the identified social issue. Two of the most impressive chapters are "Indigenous Rights" (chapter 5) and "Black Lives Matter" (chapter 8). This text should be required reading in undergraduate English teacher prep courses of study and for both new and experienced teachers who work with middle-grade students. Highly recommended. Advanced undergraduates and professionals.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceIntroduction1. Trauma2. Social Class Disparities in the United States3. Bullying4.Refugee Crisis5. Indigenous Rights6. Sexual Orientation and Stigma7. Access and Disabilities 8. Black Lives Matter9. Foster Care and Stigma10. Experiences of Immigrants ConclusionIndex About the Authors