The Vulnerable Heart of Literacy: Centering Trauma as Powerful Pedagogy

ISBN-13: 9780807763131 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019

Elizabeth Dutro; Gerald Campano; Megan Ollett

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• Contents
• Foreword Gerald Campano vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• 1. What Does Trauma Mean for Literacy Classrooms? 1
• What Is Trauma? 4
• Classrooms as Sites of Testimony and Witness to Trauma 6
• Contexts and Ideas We’ll Explore 11
• 2. Pedagogies of Testimony and Critical Witness in the Literacy Classroom 15
• Navigating Approaches to Trauma in Education  17
• Tenets of Pedagogies of Testimony and Critical Witness 22
• Enacting Testimony and Critical Witness  37
• Finding Your Pedagogical Metaphor  40
• 3. Pedagogies of Testimony and Critical Witness in Practice 43
• Integrating Testimony and Witness into Literacy Instruction 47
• The Lemonade Club Unit 50
• Children’s Stories 52
• Reflections on the Lemonade Club Unit 55
• 4. Testimony and Critical Witness to Trauma Across Genres  57
• Genre Study and Testimony to Trauma 59
• Poetry 60
• Letters 67
• Informational Genres 71
• Narrative Genres 78
• Reflections on Genre and Children’s Traumas 84
• 5. Tracing Children’s Testimonies to Trauma Across the School Year 87
• Children Weaving Testimony into Literacies Over Time 89
• Classrooms as Sites of Swirled Stories  95
• Reflections on Tracing Testimony and Witness Across Time  99
• 6. Conclusion 103/li>
• Living the Tenets of Testimony and Critical Witness 105
• Teachers’ Well-Being in the Midst of Commitment 109
• Seeking Connection and Collaboration 110
• Embracing Process in Centering Trauma as Powerful Pedagogy 111
• A Coda—and Final Suggestion for Reflection, Discussion, and Practice 113
• Afterword Megan Ollett 115
• References 117
• Index 123
• About the Author 131