Search results for: Children's literature

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Inhabiting The ‘Tragic Gap’: Pre-service Teachers Practicing Racial Literacy
Authors: Mosley Melissa, Rogers Rebecca
Set in the context of a teacher education program, this study examined how three White pre-service teachers participate in book club discussions of children’s literature. The analysis illustrates that the participants held two questions, what constitutes racism and what makes a person a White ally, without firm resolution in the form and function of their talk. Their discourses illustrate that racial literacy involves what teachers say and also a willingness to stand in the space of indeterminacy, which may create space for new social positions.
Published: 2011
Updated: Sep. 27, 2012
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Developing Social Skills Training and Literacy Instruction Pedagogy Through Service Learning: An Integrated Model of Teacher Preparation
Authors: Lake Vickie E., Al Otaiba Stephanie, Guidry Lisa
This exploratory study examined the authors' utilization of two service-learning tutoring programs with preservice teachers (PSTs). The PSTs were assigned to either Tutor-Assisted Intensive Learning Strategies (TAILS) or Book Partners (BP) tutoring program and taught one of the tutoring programs with identified kindergarten or first-grade struggling readers. The findings reveal that the TAILS journals were more informative, included very specific social skills details. TAILS journals reported twice as many classroom social behaviors when compared to the BP journals.
Published: 2010
Updated: Jan. 02, 2012
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Using Literature and Drama to Understand Social Justice
Authors: Rankie Shelton Nancy, McDermott Morna
This essay investigates a series of workshops that combined children’s literature and drama to help pre‐service teachers understand the parts they play in inequality, oppression, and racism. Furthermore, the authors also help pre‐service teachers to recognize their role in larger societal constructs.
Published: 2010
Updated: Jul. 26, 2011