1st Edition

Teaching for CHANGE in the ELA Classroom Integrating Social Justice and Critical Literacy for Grades 9-12

By Dan Stockwell Copyright 2025
222 Pages
by Eye On Education

222 Pages
by Eye On Education

222 Pages
by Eye On Education

This book can help you incorporate critical literacy pedagogy into your high school English Language Arts (ELA) classroom, so that your students can use what they study in class to work toward making a more just and equitable world. Through the acronym CHANGE, the book explores how critical literacy pedagogy can support students as they Challenge injustice to Help make a difference in the world... Read more

Acknowledgements

Introduction

CHAPTER ONE: What is Critical Literacy Pedagogy in ELA?

CHAPTER TWO: What is Wobble?

CHAPTER THREE: What is Stretchiness?

CHAPTER FOUR: What Could Critical Literacy Pedagogy Look Like in Grade 9?

CHAPTER FIVE: What Could Critical Literacy Pedagogy Look Like in Grade 10?

CHAPTER SIX: What Could Critical Literacy Pedagogy Look Like in Grade 11?

CHAPTER SEVEN: What Could Critical Literacy Pedagogy Look Like in Grade 12?

CHAPTER EIGHT: Conclusion

Appendices

Biography

Dan Stockwell taught high school English language arts (ELA) in South Carolina for 8 years, and is now an assistant professor in the Department of English at California State University, Bakersfield, where he teaches courses for students studying to become secondary ELA teachers. His research focuses on how secondary ELA teachers can provide critical literacy pedagogy, even in restrictive contexts.