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Connecting Theory and Practice in Middle School Literacy Jason DeHart

Connecting Theory and Practice in Middle School Literacy By Jason DeHart

Connecting Theory and Practice in Middle School Literacy by Jason DeHart


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Bringing together the voices of researchers and teachers, this volume addresses how teachers connect theory to practice in the middle school English Language Arts education setting and explores how to teach and engage with young adults in a way that treats them as ethical and thoughtful citizens.

Connecting Theory and Practice in Middle School Literacy Summary

Connecting Theory and Practice in Middle School Literacy: Critical Conversations by Jason DeHart

* Provides a focus on Middle School education specifically rather than adolescents
* Each chapter includes a call to action section, designed to aid in the implementation of theory into practice
* Provides a helpful frame for identity work in practice for equity and equality, and covers important topics, such as teaching trans- and non-binary students, critical digital literacy, teaching diverse texts, multilingual students.

About Jason DeHart

Jason DeHart is Assistant Professor of Reading Education and Special Education at Appalachian State University, USA.

Carla K. Meyer is Associate Professor of Literacy Education at Duquesne University, USA.

Katie Walker is Assistant Professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture at the University of Southern Maine, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Background from the Editors

Section 1: Troubling Notions of TextChapter 1. Critical Digital Literacy by Dani Kachorsky, Alexandria Perez, and John Hill Chapter 2. Student Voice is Power: Incorporating Critical Witness and Testimony in Middle School Classrooms by Rachelle Savitz and Daniel Stockwell

Chapter 3. Exploring What Counts as Text: The Possibilities of Picture Books and Graphica with Early Adolescents by Stephanie Reid Section 2: Troubling Notions of Situating Practice

Chapter 4. A Call to Action: Setting the Stage for Equity in the Classroom by Kim O'Donnell

Chapter 5. Dialogue as Disruption: The Power of Middle Grades Classroom Talk by Amanda Rigell and Arianna Banack

Chapter 6. Literacy for the Middle Grades: Its Antecedent Necessities, Subsequent Needs, and Future Aspirations by Mary Roe

Section 3: Troubling Notions of Student and Teacher Identity Chapter 7. I am the Body Beautiful: Disidentification and the Queering of the Young Adolescent by Matthew Thomas-Reid

Chapter 8. Multilingualism in Middle School Education by Katie Walker

Chapter 9. What Do We Believe about Middle Grades Literacy and Race? Interrogating Practices and Pedagogies of Middle Grades Literacy Education through the Lens of Critical Race Theory by Kristie White Smith

Chapter 10. Dis-Orienting Pedagogy: Teaching Critical Engagement with Orientalism and Islamophobia by Fatima van Hattum

Concluding Section

Chapter 11. Remaining Reflective by Jason D. DeHart

Additional information

NPB9780367774615
9780367774615
0367774615
Connecting Theory and Practice in Middle School Literacy: Critical Conversations by Jason DeHart
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2021-12-28
206
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