Does Nonfiction Equate Truth?: Rethinking Disciplinary Boundaries through Critic

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

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

List of TablesForeword:Kathy G. ShortAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Why Critical Conversations on Nonfiction Texts for Children?Vivian Yenika-AgbawChapter 2:Defining and Describing Expository LiteratureMelissa Stewart and Terrell A. YoungChapter 3:Using Nonfiction to Motivate Students: Classroom EngagementsElizabeth RaffChapter 4:Teaching Young Readers Using Nonfiction TextsXenia Hadjioannou and Nancy Rankie SheltonChapter 5:Critical Questions about Photographic "Truths" in Children's Nonfiction BooksLaura Anne HudockChapter 6:Science Inquiry in a Fifth Grade ClassroomShanetia 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 ConversationsChris Landauer, Cheryl Logan, and René Rodríguez-AstacioContributors' Biography

Review

We need ready access to high-quality nonfiction literature and strategies to use with it more than ever before. This book makes for an exciting and advantageous journey for our students. Learn more about the inner workings of this genre and opportunities that motivate students to dig deeper into critically analyzing topics that span across multiple disciplines. Does Nonfiction Equate Truth? opens doors that enlighten and inform about social justice issues and other important matters with strategies that ignite the wonderment of learning through nonfiction literature. The authors cordially invite you to be the learner and researcher along with your students. -- Deborah Wooten, associate professor, Theory and Practice in Teacher Education, University of TennesseeA comprehensive and reflective read for educators that provokes thinking around current instructional "best practices" when teaching nonfiction. It incites educators to shift their thinking, reflecting more on the how and why, providing students with purpose for reading a wide range of literature, and having students challenge the information they read and not accepting it for "face-value." Thought-provoking! -- Keesha Jackson-Muir, principal, Braddock Elementary School, Annandale, VAThe topic of nonfiction brought to a new light! The authors provided a wonderful balance of information and practical examples for teachers to implement.  This will be a great addition in our Professional Learning Communities. -- M. Adelle Sumner, assistant principal, Palm Beach County, FL; Florida Reading Association District Director

Long Description

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.

Review Quote

We need ready access to high-quality nonfiction literature and strategies to use with it more than ever before. This book makes for an exciting and advantageous journey for our students. Learn more about the inner workings of this genre and opportunities that motivate students to dig deeper into critically analyzing topics that span across multiple disciplines. Does Nonfiction Equate Truth? opens doors that enlighten and inform about social justice issues and other important matters with strategies that ignite the wonderment of learning through nonfiction literature. The authors cordially invite you to be the learner and researcher along with your students.

Details ISBN1475842309 Year 2018 ISBN-10 1475842309 ISBN-13 9781475842302 Format Paperback Pages 140 Language English Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Subtitle Rethinking Disciplinary Boundaries through Critical Literacy Country of Publication United States Edited by Ruth McKoy Lowery DEWEY 809.89282 Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Place of Publication Lanham, MD Short Title Does Nonfiction Equate Truth? Publication Date 2018-03-15 UK Release Date 2018-03-15 NZ Release Date 2018-03-15 US Release Date 2018-03-15 Author Ruth McKoy Lowery Alternative 9781475842296 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2018-03-14 We've got this

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