Using Young Adult Literature to Work Through Wobble Moments in - Literary Response Groups to Enhance Reflection and Understanding

This volume offers a novel approach to exploring how literary response groups can be used as part of teacher education programs to help preservice teachers navigate "wobble" moments.

List of contents

Preface
One: Learning Through Wobble and Literature
Two: School Stories in YAL
Three: Preservice Teachers Dialoguing Through Wobble in Literary Response Groups
Four: Literary Transactions and Wobble
Five: YAL as a Catalyst to Engage With Theory
Six: From Collective Reflection to Self-Reflection With YAL
Seven: Where Stories Can Take Us
Appendix: Children's, Middle Grade, and Young Adult School Stories: Potential Texts for Consideration

About the author

Dawan Coombs is Associate Professor of English at Brigham Young University, USA and the Brigham Young University Coordinator of Secondary Education.
Jon Ostenson is Associate Professor of English at Brigham Young University, USA, and currently serves as Director of the University Writing Program.

Summary

This volume offers a novel approach to exploring how literary response groups can be used as part of teacher education programs to help preservice teachers navigate "wobble" moments.

Product details

• Authors: Dawan Coombs, Dawan (Brigham Young University Coombs, Jon Ostenson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032059969
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3205996-9
• No. of pages: 134
• Series: Routledge Research in Teacher Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Education, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Language Arts / General, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: Languages other than English, Educational: Language, literature and literacy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy