Category - Textbook/Educational Curriculum / College & Above
Format - Paperback
Condition - Like New
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Ships From - New York
Est. Publication Date - Jul 2012
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This groundbreaking text offers a fresh perspective on how to implement children's literature into and across the curriculum in ways that are both effective and purposeful. Honed over years of experience and reflection in classroom settings and rich with real examples of teachers implementing critical pedagogy, it invites multiple ways of engaging with literature that extend beyond the genre-and-elements approach and also addresses potential problems or issues that teachers may confront. The book is structured around three "mantras" that build on each other: Enjoy; Dig deeply; Take action. The practical strategies for taking a critical approach focus on issues that impact children's lives, building from students' personal experiences and cultural knowledge to using language to question the everyday world, analyze popular culture and media, understand how power relationships are socially constructed, and consider actions that can be taken to promote social justice. This is not a book of prescriptive strategies and does not try to "sell" teachers a program. Instead, it trusts teachers as professionals and talks to them as such. Teaching Children's Literature: It's Critical! teems with pedagogical purpose. It is smart, principled, and useful. Its freshness and currency will resonate with readers and inspire their teaching.
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Teaching Children's Literature: It's Critical!
ISBN: 9780415508681
Publisher Description
Offers a fresh perspective on how to implement childrens literature across the curriculum in ways that are both effective and purposeful. It invites multiple ways of engaging with literature that exte...
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