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Is It "Just" Planning? Exploring the Integration of Social Justice Education in an Elementary Language Arts Methods Course Thematic Unit
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Allee-Herndon, Karyn A.; Kaczmarczyk, Annemarie B.; Buchanan, Rebecca – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine undergraduate elementary education teacher candidates' abilities to successfully integrate social justice teaching into their interdisciplinary ELA and social studies thematic units. The projects were analyzed to determine the extent to which, if any, social justice education has been addressed.…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Social Justice, Elementary Education, Language Arts
"What Are We Trying to Accomplish?": Student Resistance as Racial Wisdom
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Sosa, Teresa; Latta, Mark – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2019
This work analyzes a Grade 9 English Language Arts classroom discussion for moments of resistance and asks, What does student resistance accomplish when viewed as racial wisdom? Drawing from "posts" traditions, we analyzed the discussion's intra-actions or entanglements in order to more clearly understand how students draw from their…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 9, Urban Schools, Language Arts
Social Justice Literacies in the English Classroom: Teaching Practice in Action. Language and Literacy Series
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Boyd, Ashley S. – Teachers College Press, 2017
This timely book focuses on different social justice pedagogies and how they can work within standards and district mandates in a variety of English language arts classrooms. With detailed analysis and authentic classroom vignettes, the author explores how teachers cultivate relationships for equity, utilize transformative language practices,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, English, English Instruction, Language Arts
A Call to Action: JoBeth Allen, NCTE's 2012 Outstanding Educator in the Language Arts
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Tisdale, Carmen – Language Arts, 2012
This article is a tribute to JoBeth Allen, recipient of the Elementary Section's 2012 award for Outstanding Educator in the English Language Arts. Each year, this award recognizes a distinguished educator who has made major contributions to the field of language arts in elementary education. This article was written by second-grade teacher and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Recognition (Achievement), Elementary Education, Language Arts
Surfacing the Assumptions: Pursuing Critical Literacy and Social Justice in Preservice Teacher Education
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Robertson, Lorayne; Hughes, Janette – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2012
This paper outlines a four-year study of a preservice education course based on a socio-constructivist research framework. The preservice English Language Arts course focuses on critical literacy and teaching for social justice while employing digital technologies. The research study examines two concepts across all aspects of the course: 1) new…
Descriptors: Language Arts, English, Critical Literacy, Constructivism (Learning)
Andragogical and Pedagogical Methods for Curriculum and Program Development
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Wang, Victor C. X., Ed.; Bryan, Valerie C., Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
Today's ever-changing learning environment is characterized by the fast pace of technology that drives our society to move forward, and causes our knowledge to increase at an exponential rate. The need for in-depth research that is bound to generate new knowledge about curriculum and program development is becoming ever more relevant.…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development, Program Development