1st Edition

Pursuing Social Justice in ELA A Framework for Negotiating the Challenges of Teaching

184 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

184 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

184 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Description

Challenges arise when teachers seek to enact socially just instruction while navigating social, classroom, and school dynamics. This research-based, field-tested text offers an accessible process for successfully negotiating these dynamics to identify consequential inroads for making positive educational change. With a focus on ELA instruction, but applicable to other content areas, Lillge’s... Read more

Part I Orientations

Chapter 1 Embracing Sticking Points: Resources for Enacting Socially Just Instruction

Chapter 2 Navigating Sticking Points: Socially Just Frameworks as Compasses

Part II Negotiating Sticking Points, An Interactive Process

Chapter 3 Noticing: Identifying Dissonance

Chapter 4 Framing: Interpreting What You’re Seeing

Chapter 5 Inquiring: Digging Deeper

Chapter 6 Radical Listening: Learning Where Others Are Coming From

Chapter 7 Taking Stock & Naming: Clarifying New Understandings

Chapter 8 Reframing Interpretation: Finding Entrances to Action

Part III Moving Forward

Chapter 9 Taking Action