Stirring Up Justice: Adolescents Reading, Writing, and Changing the World
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| Title: | Stirring Up Justice: Adolescents Reading, Writing, and Changing the World |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Singer, Jessica, Shagoury, Ruth |
| Source: | Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. Dec 2005 49(4):318-339. |
| Availability: | International Reading Association, Order Department, P.O. Box 6021, Newark, DE 19714-6021. Tel: 800-336-7323 (Toll Free); Tel: 302-731-1600; Fax: 302-737-0878; e-mail: customerservice@reading.org. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 22 |
| Publication Date: | 2004 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | High Schools |
| Descriptors: | Teaching Methods, Social Change, Curriculum Development, Biographies, Literacy, Activism, Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Class Activities, Classroom Research, Active Learning, Thematic Approach |
| Geographic Terms: | Oregon |
| ISSN: | 1081-3004 |
| Abstract: | Teaching a diverse population of adolescents to be writers, readers, and active citizens requires fundamental changes in curriculum development, teaching strategies, and student roles in the classroom. In this article, two educators report on their collaboration in an urban high school in Portland, Oregon, USA, to create a classroom where students of diverse backgrounds learned to ask critical questions, to support one another, and to work toward positive social change. Curriculum and teaching in this classroom were choreographed around one central theme: social activism. The authors designed a project in which students worked toward creating positive social change. By sharing their individual projects as they prepared them in and out of class, students learned that activism is not a solo process and that influencing change grows with support and camaraderie. Using a range of literacy activities, including reading biographies of activists, creating gallery displays, writing essays, revising written work, interviewing activists, and teaching other class members, the students learned the power of using their literacy to make changes in the world. (Contains 6 tables and 1 figure.) |
| Abstractor: | Author |
| Number of References: | 43 |
| Entry Date: | 2006 |
| Access URL: | https://www.reading.org/publications/journals/jaal/v49/i4/ |
| Accession Number: | EJ737944 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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