Does Nonfiction Equate Truth?

Rethinking Disciplinary Boundaries through Critical Literacy
Herausgeber: Hudock, Laura Anne; Yenika-Agbaw, Vivian; McKoy Lowery, Ruth

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Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 369g
• ISBN-13: 9781475842296
• ISBN-10: 1475842295
• Artikelnr.: 51147409

Autorenporträt

Edited by Vivian Yenika-Agbaw; Laura Anne Hudock and Ruth McKoy Lowery

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables Foreword:Kathy G. Short Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Why
Critical Conversations on Nonfiction Texts for Children? Vivian
Yenika-Agbaw Chapter 2:Defining and Describing Expository Literature
Melissa Stewart and Terrell A. Young Chapter 3:Using Nonfiction to Motivate
Students: Classroom Engagements Elizabeth Raff Chapter 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 Hudock Chapter 6:Science Inquiry in a Fifth
Grade Classroom Shanetia Clark and Vincent Genareo Chapter 7:Engaging Young
Adolescents through Science L. J. Phillips and Marnie Woodley Chapter
8:Engaging Students in Conversations about Mathematical "Truths" Deanna Day
and Barbara A. Ward Chapter 9:Some Nonfiction Resources for Engaging in
Critical Conversations Chris Landauer, Cheryl Logan, and René
Rodríguez-Astacio Contributors' Biography