Restorative Literacies: Creating a Community of Care in Schools

ISBN-13: 9780807765203 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 144 str.

Deborah L. Wolter; H. Richard Milner IV

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• Contents
• Foreword H. Richard Milner IV vii
• Preface: Everyone Has a Story ix
• Whose Stories Get Told? x
• Chapter Overview xi
• Acknowledgments xv
• 1. What Are Restorative Literacies? 1
• Response, Repair, and Restoration 2
• How Restorative Justice Informs Restorative Literacies 3
• Considering the Community 4
• Relationships Among Identity, Behavior, and Literacies 5
• Humanity, Justice, and a Natural Sense of Curiosity 7
• Children’s Rights to Read 8
• Relationships Among Responsive Teaching, Sustainability, and Restorative Practices 10
• Restorative Literacies 13
• 2. Noticing the Language of Stories 15
• Noticing the Language of Stories 16
• Hearing the Language of Silence 19
• Watching for Deficit Language 21
• Hearing the Language of Race 22
• Listening to Goals Instead of Systems 24
• 3. Compassionate Listening 28
• Active Listening and Observing 29
• Multiple Lenses 32
• Developing Relationships 36
• Trauma-Informed Listening 37
• Responding to Difficult Behavior 38
• Upholding Voices 40
• 4. Thinking About Literacies  42
• Defining Literacies 43
• Expanding the Literary Canon 45
• Minding Gaps Between Reading Processes and Reading Instruction 50
• Literacies in Context 56
• 5. Restoring Relationships 58
• Testing and Vulnerability 59
• Fostering Love of Literacies 60
• Literacies in Communities and Schools 61
• Access, Library Culture, and Diversity 62
• Motivation and Engagement 65
• Fostering Choice in Reading 67
• Scaffolding Strategic Reading 71
• Time and Space for Voluminous Reading 72
• 6. Repairing Harm 74
• Dismantling Labels and Categories 75
• Groups and Circles 78
• Characters in a Restorative Circle 82
• Restorative Circles With Multiple Lenses 83
• Restorative Circles on Disciplinary Literacy 84
• Strategic Reading in Restorative Circles 86
• Thoughtfully Choosing and Abandoning Books 87
• 7. Strengthening Learning With Agency 89
• Deeper Inclusion 91
• Inquiry and Equity 92
• Active Learning and Agency 95
• 8. Developing Leadership and Sustainability 98
• Defining Leadership 99
• Toward Sharing Power 101
• Opportunities for Developing Leadership 102
• A New Collaboration 104
• 9. Recognizing Literacies and Identities 108
• Uncovering Identities 109
• Decentering Whiteness 111
• Toxic Positivity 115
• Fostering Readers’ Identities 116
• Conclusion: Restorative Literacies and Restorative Care 118
• Stories of Humanity 119
• References 122
• Index 135
• About the Author 144