March 2024
Language Arts
Stories offer readers different perspectives of the human experience and can develop their sense of empathy and compassion to take action for change.
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Publications (3)
September 2020
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62 Reads
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23 Citations
The Reading Teacher
Grounded in the work of critical literacy, the authors describe one preservice teacher’s journey as she develops her own critical lens while selecting children’s literature and designing instruction to engage second graders in critical conversations. She helps students unpack their biases and reflects on her own assumptions while becoming more critically conscious herself. Thinking within and beyond the texts, the students began to critically read the word and the world as they saw the power in their voices and actions. The authors also describe three sample lessons that can be adapted for other classrooms.
July 2019
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Voices from the Middle
Citations (1)
... In total, we identified 39 pieces of children's literature scholarship focused on teacher education con texts. Despite the extensive variations that we outline here, overall these pieces of scholarship draw upon complementary theories such as critical literacy (Christensen, 2017;Kelly et al., 2020;Shanklin, 2009), reader response (Wheeler et al., 2021), intersectionality (Jiménez, 2021), and critical con sciousness (Dávila, 2015;. They are connected by their belief in the power of children's books to support the development of teachers as transformative intellectuals (Flores et al., 2019) and the need to move away from consumer models of teacher preparation to "embrace a more humanizing relationship that is grounded in respect for human dignity and that grows from engage ment in difficult conversations and a willingness to inquire into one's collaborative and intellectual practice" (Homza & Fontno, 2021, p. 415). ...
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Research in Children's Literature
- Citing Article
September 2020
The Reading Teacher