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ERIC Number: EJ1444687
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 6
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-0300
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Restorying in Elementary Social Studies Education: Using a Pedagogy of Insurgency to Decenter Cisheteronormativity in Anti-LGBTQ+ Contexts
James Joshua Coleman; Maia Sheppard
Social Studies and the Young Learner, v37 n1 p18-23 2024
Embracing the call to reimagine education, the authors discuss "restorying"--a speculative form of storytelling--to advance insurgent pedagogies and LGBTQ+ wisdom within social studies education, particularly within anti-LGBTQ+ elementary contexts. In this article, the authors first define "restorying" and detail how it functions as a process of speculative storytelling relevant to LGBTQ+ history. They then review literature that highlights restorying's connection to social studies education and a pedagogy of insurgency. Finally, they demonstrate how elementary educators might deploy restorying while teaching one civic-themed picturebook, "Grace for President." Through an instructional guide organized by pre-, during, and post-reading activities, the authors illustrate how teachers can integrate restorying into their social studies pedagogy, doing so in ways that invite students to story LGBTQ+ lives. While many teachers' metaphorical hands are tied by today's draconian legislation, students' minds are not. Elementary educators can design learning that invites young people to bring LGBTQ+ history and wisdom into their classrooms, and restorying provides one insurgent pedagogy for doing so.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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