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Lakia M. Scott; Yongpeng Zhu; Suzanne M. Nesmith; Yuyan Jiao; Evan Ditmore – Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education, 2024
This case study explores the integration of children's literature in science education, with a focus on engaging preservice teachers in a science methods course to select, locate, design, and implement the integration of children's literature in their instructional practices. Sixty-four elementary preservice teachers in an initial teacher…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Education, Childrens Literature, Preservice Teacher Education
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Pitts, Brianne; James, Dawnavyn – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2023
This article offers examples of K--6 classroom texts as vehicles for teaching the Black Historical Consciousness principles as encouragement for teaching Black histories long beyond Black History Month. The framework for Black Historical Consciousness (BHC), which outlines eight principles that provide support for teaching through Black lives and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, African American History, Childrens Literature, Historical Interpretation
Payeur, Abbey – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Due to the life-altering effects reading ability has on one's life, the public, government, and educators have a vested interest in understanding how reading acquisition occurs and is most effectively taught. The body of research termed the 'science of reading' shows that at least 92 percent of children can read at grade level when given…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Reading Instruction, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
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Zhang, Rong; Wessel-Powell, Christy – Journal of Children's Literature, 2023
Diversity, equity, and inclusion has long been the focus of educational scholarship. This study explores the potential of wordless books with protagonists of color for children to access portraits of diverse characters and engage with various stories. To expand the existing body of literature on diversity in picturebooks, this study offers two…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Picture Books, Childrens Literature, Inclusion
Sandra L. McGuire – Online Submission, 2024
Ageist attitudes permeate society, are readily transmitted, are perpetuated from generation to generation, and are a prejudice against our future selves. Research has consistently shown that children as young as preschool evidence ageist attitudes, these attitudes become more negative as the child grows older and tend to become self-fulfilling…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Aging Education, Older Adults, Social Bias
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Moorhouse, Benjamin Luke – Reading Teacher, 2020
The author introduces the literature selection bookmark, a tool that inservice and preservice teachers who are teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) in international contexts can use to guide them in selecting authentic children's English literature and analyze its utility in the elementary English-language classroom. Authentic children's…
Descriptors: Reading Material Selection, Language Teachers, Preservice Teachers, English (Second Language)
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Sen, Erhan – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2021
This paper focused on teachers' personal stories to determine the pedagogical function and impact of children's literature. This study employed a life-story interview approach within a qualitative narrative inquiry methodology. The sample consisted of ten teachers from different branches. Participants were recruited using purposive sampling. Data…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Teaching Methods, Personal Narratives, Coping
Brianna Snowden – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this basic qualitative generic study was to explore the methods and techniques urban elementary teachers use to learn the subject matter and pedagogical skills necessary to incorporate multicultural literature into their daily lessons. The problem is that we know what multicultural literature consists of and why it is critical to…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Multicultural Education, Teaching Methods, Urban Schools
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Yeh, Shin-Cheng; Li, Hsin-Ya – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2022
The concept of "sustainable development" was proposed to re-examine the human development model. Initiated by the United Nations, education for sustainable development (ESD) has become an important tool for educators to achieve sustainable development. Although "Early Childhood Education" (ECE) is often taken as a starting…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Reading Material Selection, Delphi Technique, Sustainable Development
Stephens, Porsha; Bradley, Xavier; Davis, Lauren – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Classrooms are becoming increasingly diverse, and multicultural literature can be an essential tool utilized to provide representation for students from these diverse backgrounds. However, while multicultural literature can be beneficial, it is important for educators to be cautious in their selection of these books. Many of these books contain…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Childrens Literature, Reading Material Selection, Teacher Attitudes
Dawes, Erika Thulin; Cunningham, Katie Egan; Enriquez, Grace; Cappiello, Mary Ann – Teachers College Press, 2023
From the authors of the popular blog and resource for teachers, The Classroom Bookshelf, this book offers a framework and teaching ideas for using recently released children's and young adult literature to build a culture of inquiry and engagement from a text-first approach. "Reading With Purpose" is designed to help K-8 teachers tap…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Reading Material Selection, Guidelines, Teaching Methods
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Baker, Sheila; Shulsky, Debby – International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 2020
What skills are needed to view the world beyond one's immediate reality? A deep perspective consciousness is required to live and solve complex issues within a globalized context. Cultivating the seeds of perspective consciousness roots the growth of an open-minded, humanly connected, problem-solving citizen. Literature is positioned as a powerful…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Citizen Participation, Altruism, Global Approach
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Donahue, David M. – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2022
Art museum educators have drawn on contemporary learning theories emphasizing viewers' meaning-making as individual, constructed, contextual, and subject to interpretation. This learner-centered turn toward meaning-making and away from the object and the discipline of art applies especially to young children's learning, which needs to be…
Descriptors: Museums, Childrens Literature, Outcomes of Education, Teaching Methods
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Maton, Rhiannon M.; Dexter, Breeanna; McKeon, Nicolette; Urias-Velasquez, Emily; Washington, Breanna – Journal of Children's Literature, 2022
Nationally, one in 100 adults is currently incarcerated. Meanwhile, more than 2.7 million U.S. children--or one in 28 children (The Pew Charitable Trusts, 2010)--currently have a parent who is incarcerated, and many more U.S. children face the daily effects of familial incarceration due to past parental incarceration or the incarceration of other…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Picture Books, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
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Ward, Natalia A.; Warren, Amber N. – Reading Teacher, 2020
The authors closely analyzed 45 children's books featuring characters with refugee backgrounds that had been published since 2013. With the concept of culturally sustaining pedagogy underpinning the review, analysis revealed that these texts are rich and detailed, providing a starting point for discussing the global refugee crisis with students,…
Descriptors: Refugees, Childrens Literature, Culturally Relevant Education, Cultural Pluralism
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