Challenging Stories

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-55130-973-6
Verlag: Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 399 g

Despite an increase in efforts to promote equity and social justice in educational settings, researchers have found that teachers at the elementary, middle school, and secondary school levels are both reluctant and unaware of how to present social justice issues in the classroom. Inspired by these findings, a team of literacy scholars gathered qualitative research from eight schools across Canada to reveal what 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. With a foreword by Joyce Bainbridge, this collection is an essential read for students in teacher education programs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burke, Anne

Johnston, Ingrid

Ward, Angela

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 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

Über Autor(innen)

Anne Burke is an Associate Professor of Literacy Education and Early Learning at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Ingrid Johnston is a Professor Emerita of English Education and Curriculum Studies in the Department of Secondary Education at the University of Alberta.

Angela Ward is a Professor Emerita at the University of Saskatchewan, where she served as Assistant Dean of Education and Associate Dean for Research in Education.