Ashley S. Boyd, Janine J. Darragh

Reading for Action

Engaging Youth in Social Justice through Young Adult Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

This book illuminates methods for drawing upon young adult literature to facilitate students' social action.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 365g
• ISBN-13: 9781475846676
• ISBN-10: 1475846673
• Artikelnr.: 55808275

Autorenporträt

Ashley S. Boyd is an Assistant Professor of English Education at Washington State University where she teaches courses on English methods, young adult literature, and critical theories and pedagogies. A former secondary English teacher, Ashley's research focuses on practicing teachers' social justice pedagogies and their critical content knowledge and explores how young adult literature is an avenue for cultivating students' critical literacies. Janine J. Darragh is an Associate Professor of Literacy and English as a Second Language at University of Idaho where she teaches courses on secondary literacy, young adult literature, and ESL. Her research focuses on sociocultural and social justice issues in teaching and learning.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Bullying Chapter
2: Global Poverty Chapter 3: Mental Health Chapter 4: Gender Chapter 5:
Human Trafficking Chapter 6: Refugee Crisis Chapter 7: Women's Rights
Chapter 8: Social Class Disparities in the United States Chapter 9: Police
Brutality Chapter 10: Immigration Reform Chapter 11: Social Acceptance of
Diverse Sexual Orientations Chapter 12: Environmental Protection and
Ecojustice Conclusion About the Authors Index