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Danielle E. Sachdeva, Editor; Samantha L. Hull, Editor; Sue C. Kimmel, Editor; Westry A. Whitaker, Editor – IGI Global, 2024
In today's developing view of education, a disquieting trend looms--the erosion of students' right to choose what they read. This erosion, fueled by an alarming surge in censorship attempts, casts a shadow over the very essence of intellectual exploration. Recent years have witnessed an unprecedented number of challenges aimed at restricting…
Descriptors: Intellectual Freedom, Student Rights, Reading, Access to Information
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Jacobs, George M., Ed.; Crookes, Graham V., Ed. – SpringerBriefs in Education, 2022
This book puts forth a call to engagement for educators at all levels of education and in all subject areas, with a focus on language education. Through using a grounded theory approach, it features semi-structured interviews, in a qualitative approach, with educators who embody community engaged education. Each chapter encompasses a case study…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Poverty, Novels, Racism
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Rice, Mary Frances, Ed.; Dallacqua, Ashley K., Ed. – Advances in Research on Teaching, 2021
"Luminous Literacies" shares examples of teachers and educators using local knowledge to illustrate literacy engagement and curriculum-making through scholarly accounts of experiences in teacher preparation courses, classrooms, and other community spaces in New Mexico. This edited collection includes chapters focusing on the teaching of…
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, Indigenous Populations, American Indian Students, Culturally Relevant Education
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Bazler, Judith Ann, Ed.; Van Sickle, Meta Lee, Ed. – IGI Global, 2020
STEAM education can be described in two ways. One model emphasizes the arts and is not as concerned about the accuracy of the STEM fields. In the second model, STEM content is the prevailing force with a focus on accuracy, and the arts are used in limited and secondary resources for the teaching of the content. However, in order to promote…
Descriptors: Art Education, STEM Education, Models, Teaching Methods
Delanoy, Werner, Ed.; Eisenmann, Maria, Ed.; Matz, Frauke, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2015
"Learning with Literature in the EFL Classroom" provides a comprehensive, in-depth and state-of-the-art introduction to literature learning in EFL contexts. Paying attention to both theoretical and practical concerns, the study focuses on a wide range of literary genres, different age and ability groups and new topics for literature…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Literature, Teaching Methods, Literacy
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de Oliveira, Luciana C., Ed.; Obenchain, Kathryn M., Ed.; Kenney, Rachael H., Ed.; Oliveira, Alandeom W., Ed. – English Language Education, 2019
This practitioner-based book provides different approaches for reaching an increasing population in today's schools - English language learners (ELLs). The recent development and adoption of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (CCSS-ELA/Literacy), the…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Secondary School Students, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Arts
Unsworth, Len, Ed.; Thomas, Angela, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2014
"English Teaching and New Literacies Pedagogy: Interpreting and Authoring Digital Multimedia Narratives" is about the fusion of media and narrative, and explores theoretical and practical dimensions of young people's engagement with contemporary forms of text. It showcases a range of critical interpretative approaches for integrating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Instruction, Multimedia Instruction, Films
Sebba, Mark, Ed.; Mahootian, Shahrzad, Ed.; Jonsson, Carla, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Code-switching," or the alternation of languages by bilinguals, has attracted an enormous amount of attention from researchers. However, most research has focused on spoken language, and the resultant theoretical frameworks have been based on spoken code-switching. This volume presents a collection of new work on the alternation of…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Written Language, Multilingualism, Discourse Analysis
Hayn, Judith A., Ed.; Kaplan, Jeffrey S., Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2012
"Teaching Young Adult Literature Today" introduces the reader to what is current and relevant in the plethora of good books available for adolescents. More importantly, literary experts illustrate how teachers everywhere can help their students become lifelong readers by simply introducing them to great reads--smart, insightful, and engaging books…
Descriptors: Reading Lists, Adolescent Literature, Language Arts, Young Adults
Yenika-Agbaw, Vivian, Ed.; Napoli, Mary, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
The essays in this collection discuss multicultural issues in children's and adolescent literature, focusing particularly on African and African American cultures. They challenge everyone's understanding of what, in an age of globalization, multicultural texts really are. Cumulatively, these essays illustrate multicultural literature's power to…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Adolescent Literature, African American Culture, African Culture
Vavra, Sandra, Ed.; Spencer, Sharon L., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
This book offers ideas that secondary teachers, university content faculty, and teacher educators can use to challenge traditional literacy practices and demonstrate creative, innovative ways of incorporating new literacies into the classroom, all within a strong theoretical framework. Teachers are trying to catch up to the new challenges of the…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction, Film Production
Vizenor, Gerald, Ed. – 1989
Native American literary works have often been ignored by serious critics or examined by social scientists in ways that rob them of their effectiveness as works of art. The emphasis of postmodern theory on the creative power of language, on narrative discourse, and on signs and semiotics allows an original and perceptive approach to Native…
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, American Indians, Essays, Literary Criticism
Kaywell, Joan F., Ed. – 2000
This book is based on two assumptions: the classics comprise the canon of literature that is mostly taught in schools; and most teachers are familiar with adolescent literature but are unsure how to incorporate its use in classrooms. This book provides the necessary information so that teachers may confidently use young adult novels in conjunction…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Classics (Literature), Classroom Techniques, English Instruction
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1988
Intended for teachers, this book is a collection of lesson plans created by 28 teachers in North Carolina to provide opportunities that support integrated learning. Using recommended young adult literature, the book presents activities which promote the integration of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and viewing. The book provides two or…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Class Activities, Integrated Activities, Learning Activities
Johnson, Paul G., Ed.; Machacek, Rosemary, Ed. – 1984
Seventeen essays direct attention to the lives and achievements of outstanding women in Nebraska history. Most of the women described in the essays did their major work in literature, the arts, education, or some other related human service. Only two essays are not focused on specific women--"Union Maids in Omaha Labor History,…
Descriptors: Artists, Authors, Biographies, Essays
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