1st Edition

Using Young Adult Literature to Work through Wobble Moments in Teacher Education Literary Response Groups to Enhance Reflection and Understanding

By Dawan Coombs, Jon Ostenson Copyright 2023
146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

This volume offers a novel approach to exploring how literary response groups can be used as part of teacher education programs to help preservice teachers navigate "wobble" moments. Focusing uniquely on the potential of young adult literature (YAL), the text draws on the first-hand experiences of teacher candidates and uses a range of well-known books to demonstrate how narrative-based... Read more

Preface

One: Learning Through Wobble and Literature

Two: School Stories in YAL

Three: Preservice Teachers Dialoguing Through Wobble in Literary Response Groups

Four: Literary Transactions and Wobble

Five: YAL as a Catalyst to Engage With Theory

Six: From Collective Reflection to Self-Reflection With YAL

Seven: Where Stories Can Take Us

Appendix: Children’s, Middle Grade, and Young Adult School Stories: Potential Texts for Consideration

Biography

Dawan Coombs is Associate Professor of English at Brigham Young University, USA and the Brigham Young University Coordinator of Secondary Education.

Jon Ostenson is Associate Professor of English at Brigham Young University, USA, and currently serves as Director of the University Writing Program.