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Documenting the trauma and anxiety in our schools as a result of the constant threat of a school shooting, the authors of Dress Rehearsals for Gun Violence share personal voices grounded in research that support the need to respond to our most valued stakeholders-students.
List of contents
Foreword: Raising Generation Mass Shooting
Melissa MariettaIntroduction: Listening to Those on the Inside
Elizabeth A. BloomChapter 1. The Casualties You Don't See: The Omnipresent Trauma of School Shootings
Vincenzo GrecoChapter 2. Pearl Clutching and The Normalization of School Shootings in Young Adult Literature
Kjersti VanSlyke-Briggs, Sarah Rhodes, and Jenna TurnerChapter 3. We Should All Care: Preservice Teachers' Perspectives on Gun Control
Nicole WaidChapter 4. Teacher Trauma in the Age of School Violence
Frank ThorntonChapter 5. School Ecosystems: Including Librarians in a Proactive Approach to Addressing School Shootings
Sarah RhodesChapter 6. Resolving Bleak Futures: Following the Lead of Generation Z
Kjersti VanSlyke-BriggsAbout the EditorsAbout the Contributors
About the author
Kjersti VanSlyke-Briggs is professor of secondary education and educational technologies at the State University of New York, Oneonta. Elizabeth A. Bloom is professor of education and chair of the Education Program at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY. They are the editors of Resisting Reform: Reclaiming Public Education through Grassroots Activism.
Summary
Documenting the trauma and anxiety in our schools as a result of the constant threat of a school shooting, the authors of Dress Rehearsals for Gun Violence share personal voices grounded in research that support the need to respond to our most valued stakeholders—students.
