Challenging Stories

ISBN-13: 9781551309736 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 226 str.

Anne Burke; Ingrid Johnston; Angela Ward

Opis

Examines the challenges literacy teachers face when incorporating social justice in their curricula. Rich in examples of contemporary Canadian social justice authors, illustrators, and texts, Challenging Stories equips teachers and teacher candidates with strategies for text selection, literacy development, and effective social justice teaching methods.

Spis treści

• Foreword, by Dr. Joyce Bainbridge
• Introduction
• Section One: Unsettling Our Sense of Place Through Reading Canadian Literature
• Chapter 1: Aren’t We All the Same? The Challenges of Choosing Multicultural Literature in Historically Monocultural Communities
• Geraldine Balzer
• Chapter 2: “I Wouldn’t Stand Too Close to This Story if I Were You…”: Vancouver Island Teachers Explore Social Justice Issues
• Angela Ward, with Allison Balabuch, Lauren Frodsham, Dale Jarvis, Tanya Larkin, Carol Nahachewsky, Katherine O’Connor, Devon Stokes-Bennett, and Alison Preece
• Section Two: Encounters between Readers and Challenging Texts
• Chapter 3: Multimodal Perspectives on Teaching Canadian Literature for Social Justice
• Ingrid Johnston, Karen Jacobsen, and Bill Howe
• Chapter 4: Challenges for Teachers and Schools: Creating Spaces for LGBTQ Literature in Schools
• Anne Burke and Aedon Young
• Chapter 5: The Limits of “Understanding”: Teaching Residential School Stories in the Classroom
• Amarou Yoder and Teresa Strong-Wilson
• Section Three: Opening Minds: Pedagogies for Social Justice
• Chapter 6: A Plurality of Voices for Social Justice: Implementing Culturally Responsive Pedagogies in a Grade Six Classroom
• Anne Burke, Theresa Powell, Shawnee Hardware, and Laura Butland
• Chapter 7: Opening Doors, Opening Minds: The Role of the Inquiry Group in Teaching for Social Justice
• Lynne Wiltse and Shelby LaFramboise-Helgeson
• Afterword, by Ingrid Johnston
• Bibliography of Children’s Literature
• Author Biographies