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Building critical literacy and empathy with graphic novels / Jason D. DeHart.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Champaign, Illinois : National Council of Teachers of English, [2024]Description: vi, 175 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780814101674
  • 0814101674
Subject(s):
Contents:
The possibilities of visual narratives for text ladders and literacy work -- Invitations to literacy -- Disrupting story types and composition expectations with comics -- Antibias and addressing bullying in visual works -- Stories of self in autobiographical and biographical graphic novels -- Gender representation in graphic novels -- Diverse abilities presented in comics -- Black joy, Black lives matter, and antiracist pedagogy in graphic novels -- Adding words, exploring language: stories of (im)migration and removal in graphic novels -- What's in a word/world? Taking a translanguistic stance with bilingual/multilingual comics -- Comics featuring indigenous peoples/first nation stories -- Explorations of mental health and grief in graphic novels -- Texts of freedom/texts of great power and great responsibility -- Exploring pathways of storytelling: verse novels, adaptations and more -- Conclusion: a graphic novel critical/pedagogic creed.
Summary: "Beginning with the assertion that educators can effectively use comics and graphic novels to develop readers' critical literacy and empathy, DeHart explores the use of graphic novels across grade levels in a wide range of topics and themes. Taking When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed as a recurring focal text, DeHart argues that critical conversations can be opened up through well-chosen graphic novels. The book features recommended titles, insights from graphic novel authors and creators, and lesson ideas. " -- page [4] of cover.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Beginning with the assertion that educators can effectively use comics and graphic novels to develop readers' critical literacy and empathy, DeHart explores the use of graphic novels across grade levels in a wide range of topics and themes. Taking When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed as a recurring focal text, DeHart argues that critical conversations can be opened up through well-chosen graphic novels. The book features recommended titles, insights from graphic novel authors and creators, and lesson ideas. Topics include:

· Anti-Bias and Anti-Bullying

· Autobiographical and Biographical Stories

· Gender Representation

· Diverse Abilities

· Black Joy, Black Lives Matter, and Antiracist Pedagogy

· Stories of (Im)migration and Removal

· Indigenous Peoples/First Nations Stories

· Mental Health and Grief

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The possibilities of visual narratives for text ladders and literacy work -- Invitations to literacy -- Disrupting story types and composition expectations with comics -- Antibias and addressing bullying in visual works -- Stories of self in autobiographical and biographical graphic novels -- Gender representation in graphic novels -- Diverse abilities presented in comics -- Black joy, Black lives matter, and antiracist pedagogy in graphic novels -- Adding words, exploring language: stories of (im)migration and removal in graphic novels -- What's in a word/world? Taking a translanguistic stance with bilingual/multilingual comics -- Comics featuring indigenous peoples/first nation stories -- Explorations of mental health and grief in graphic novels -- Texts of freedom/texts of great power and great responsibility -- Exploring pathways of storytelling: verse novels, adaptations and more -- Conclusion: a graphic novel critical/pedagogic creed.

"Beginning with the assertion that educators can effectively use comics and graphic novels to develop readers' critical literacy and empathy, DeHart explores the use of graphic novels across grade levels in a wide range of topics and themes. Taking When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed as a recurring focal text, DeHart argues that critical conversations can be opened up through well-chosen graphic novels. The book features recommended titles, insights from graphic novel authors and creators, and lesson ideas. " -- page [4] of cover.

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