Teaching Children''s Literature - It''s Critical!

This indispensable text offers a critical perspective on how to integrate children's literature into the curriculum in effective, purposeful ways. The book is rich with real examples of teachers implementing critical pedagogy and tools to support students' development as enthusiastic readers and thinkers.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction: Our Mantra-- Enjoy! Dig Deeply! Take Action!
Chapter 2: Why Reading Aloud Is Crucial
Chapter 3: Teaching Reading with Literature
Chapter 4: Choosing Books: Diversity Counts
Chapter 5: Language Study: Lingering in Text
Chapter 6: Supporting Literature Discussions
Chapter 7: Books Across the Curriculum: Focused, Author, Illustrator, and Genre Studies
Chapter 8: Responding to Literature through the Arts
Chapter 9: Challenging the Challengers
Chapter 10: Literature Response Strategies
About the Authors

About the author

Christine H. Leland is Professor Emerita in the Department of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education in the Indiana University School of Education at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, USA.
Mitzi Lewison is Professor Emerita in the Department of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education at Indiana University, USA.
Jerome C. Harste is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education at Indiana University, USA.

Summary

This indispensable text offers a critical perspective on how to integrate children’s literature into the curriculum in effective, purposeful ways. The book is rich with real examples of teachers implementing critical pedagogy and tools to support students’ development as enthusiastic readers and thinkers.

Product details

• Authors: Jerome C. Harste, Harste Jerome C., Christine H. Leland, Christine H. (Indiana University-Purdue Un Leland, Mitzi Lewison, Lewison Mitzi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032160610
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3216061-0
• No. of pages: 258
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Curricula, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques, Teaching of a specific subject, Primary & middle schools, Children's & teenage literature studies, Primary and middle schools, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Reading & Phonics