Does Nonfiction Equate Truth? (eBook)

Rethinking Disciplinary Boundaries through Critical Literacy

Laura Anne Hudock, Ruth McKoy Lowery, Vivian Yenika-Agbaw (Herausgeber)

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2018
140 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-4231-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This book offers a rationale for why educators should approach nonfiction literature for children from a critical stance.

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Educators who teach children's literature at the college level as part of the pre-service experience seldom allocate enough space in the curriculum for nonfiction literature. This book recognizes the viability of nonfiction as a literary genre that demands critical analysis, celebrates storytelling in its varied forms, and invites teacher educators and pre-service teachers, our primary audience, to nurture a spirit of inquiry and skepticism in the classroom. It is an excellent resource for teacher educators looking for a variety of nonfiction texts to include in their literacy curriculum at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. It also offers critical approaches through which students are encouraged to read these texts, and ideas for critical inquiry with young learners.

Autor

Vivian Yenika-Agbaw is professor of children’s literature and literacy at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park. She teaches courses on children’s and adolescent literature.Ruth McKoy Lowery is professor of literacy and associate chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University. She teaches courses on children's literature and literacy education.Laura Anne Hudock is a PhD Candidate in Curriculum and Instruction at The Pennsylvania State University, where she instructs pre-service teachers in Children’s Literature, Reading, and Language Arts courses.

Inhalt

List of TablesForeword:Kathy G. ShortAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Why Critical Conversations on Nonfiction Texts for Children? Vivian Yenika-AgbawChapter 2:Defining and Describing Expository Literature Melissa Stewart and Terrell A. YoungChapter 3:Using Nonfiction to Motivate Students: Classroom Engagements Elizabeth RaffChapter 4:Teaching Young Readers Using Nonfiction Texts Xenia Hadjioannou and Nancy Rankie Shelton Chapter 5:Critical Questions about Photographic “Truths” in Children’s Nonfiction Books Laura Anne HudockChapter 6:Science Inquiry in a Fifth Grade Classroom Shanetia Clark and Vincent GenareoChapter 7:Engaging Young Adolescents through ScienceL. J. Phillips and Marnie WoodleyChapter 8:Engaging Students in Conversations about Mathematical “Truths” Deanna Day and Barbara A. WardChapter 9:Some Nonfiction Resources for Engaging in Critical Conversations Chris Landauer, Cheryl Logan, and René Rodríguez-AstacioContributors’ Biography

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.3.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Schlagworte: Children’s literature • Comprehension • Content Area Literacies • Critical analysis • Elementary School • Eyewitness books • High School • Inquiry • Language Arts • Math • Mentor Texts • middle school • Non-fiction • professional development • professors • Reading • Storytelling • teacher educators • teaching non-fiction texts
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-4231-7 / 1475842317
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-4231-9 / 9781475842319