Engaging Empathy and Activating Agency - Young Adult Literature As a Catalyst for Action

This book centers on developing curriculum to support students as they use young adult literature to generate action plans to solve community issues.

List of contents

Prologue
Introduction
Chapter 1: Finding the Passion
Chapter 2: Reading the Novels
Chapter 3: Supporting Activities
Chapter 4: Taking Action
Chapter 5: From the Field
Appendices: Young Adult Novels by issues

About the author

Alice Hays is an assistant professor of education at California State University, Bakersfield where she works with teacher candidates. As a former secondary English teacher, she sees the importance of co-creating curriculum with educators currently in the classroom in order to support students' engagement as well as inspiring their own pro-social behavior.

Summary

This book centers on developing curriculum to support students as they use young adult literature to generate action plans to solve community issues.

Product details

• Authors: Alice Hays
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781475853650
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-5365-0
• No. of pages: 140
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, Educational strategies & policy, Educational: Languages other than English, Educational: Language, literature & literacy, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Language Arts / General