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Reading Between the Lines: Activities for Developing Social Awareness Literacy - Softcover

Dowdy, Joanne

 
9781475808964: Reading Between the Lines: Activities for Developing Social Awareness Literacy

Synopsis

This book presents the work from a selection of contributors who aim to provide educators with hands-on activities to encourage reflection, awareness, and dialogue related to social justice issues. Highlighting the need for teachers to intentionally create spaces where students from all backgrounds can work together and appreciate their differences, teachers and teacher educators showcase hands-on literacy strategies that all educators can adapt and use in their own classrooms to enhance social justice awareness.

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About the Author

Kenneth Cushner, Emeritus Professor of International and Intercultural Education at Kent State University, is former Director of the Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching and a Founding Fellow and past-President of the International Academy for Intercultural Research. Since his retirement, Dr. Cushner has consulted with numerous international schools and organizations, volunteers at the Orkeeswa School, a Maasai community school in northern Tanzania, and has served as Intercultural Specialist with Semester at Sea.

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