Critical Literacy: Tackling Difficult Topics with Children's Literature
Critical Literacy: Alexis Birner (M.Ed) and Lindsay Bromley (M.Ed), two Vancouver school teachers, demonstrate how they use picture books in their classrooms in a critical and meaningful way.
The approach they use for their teaching and for how they use picture books comes a theory called critical literacy, which recognizes that the world is made up of socially constructed norms. People can be empowered to question/critique and break down the norms presented in daily life.
For more activities and picturebook resources, you are welcome to check out Alexis and Lindsay's blog titled www.inquiryintoeducation.com
Alexis is also the director of Pear Tree Education: www.pear-tree.ca
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