A Critical Inquiry Framework for K-12 Teachers: Lessons and Resources from the U.N. Rights of the Child (Practitioner Inquiry) (Practitioner Inquiry Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807753947 ISBN 13: 9780807753941

Publisher: Teachers College Press, 2012

Synopsis

This dynamic book provides powerful ideas to guide pedagogy and a curriculum model for helping students connect with issues in their lives while meeting standards. Vivid portraits of K–12 classrooms illustrate how teachers used a human rights framework to engage students in critical inquiry of relevant social issues, such as immigration rights, religious tolerance, racial equality, countering the effects of poverty, and respect for people with disabilities. The book shows how a group of teachers worked together to develop a critical content framework using the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child. Chapters highlight lively classroom and community action projects.

About this title

About the Author

JoBeth Allen is a professor of language and literacy education at the University of Georgia, USA and co-director of the Red Clay Writing Project. Her books include Creating Welcoming Schools and Literacy in the Welcoming Classroom.

Lois Alexander is a high school English teacher and directed Project Outreach: Literacy and Social Class for the Red Clay Writing Project.

Edition details

• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807753947
• ISBN 13: 9780807753941
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Allen JoBeth, Alexander Lois