Learning and Teaching Literature With the Arts for Social Justice

This text invites pre-service teachers to explore arts-informed practices that showcase the transformative potential of literature in the classroom.

List of contents

Dedication
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Chapter 1. What Can the Amazon River Basin Teach Us About the Stories-We-Live-By?: Flows Meeting Other Flows
Chapter 2. What Can Flying Frogs Teach Us About the Stories-We-Live-By?: Rationalism
Chapter 3. What Can a Fork in the Road Teach Us about the Stories-We-Live-By?:
Individualism & Meritocracy
Chapter 4. What Can Christopher Columbus Teach Us About the Stories-We-Live-By?: The American Dream
Chapter 5. What Can Expanding Circles Teach Us About the Stories-We-Live-By?: Active Hope
Appendix A. Directions for Artful Encounters
Appendix B. Annotated Text Set for Interfering with the American Dream Story-We-Live-By
Appendix C. Text Set for Literature with Multiple Narrators
Index

About the author

Karen Spector is Associate Professor of English Education and Literacy at the University of Alabama, USA.
James S. Chisholm is Associate Professor of English Education at University of Louisville, USA.
Kathryn F. Whitmore is Department Chair and Professor of Early Childhood Education at Metropolitan State University of Denver, USA.

Summary

This text invites pre-service teachers to explore arts-informed practices that showcase the transformative potential of literature in the classroom.

Product details

• Authors: James Chisholm, James S. Chisholm, Chisholm James S., Spector Karen, Karen Spector, Karen Chisholm Spector, Spector Karen, Kathryn Whitmore, Kathryn F. Whitmore
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2023
• EAN: 9781032017150
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3201715-0
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, EDUCATION / Arts in Education, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, Secondary Schools, Teaching of a specific subject, Primary & middle schools, Primary and middle schools, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Arts & Humanities