Overview

Grounded in solid theory with new field-tested classroom activities, the fourth edition of Critical Encounters in Secondary English continues to help teachers integrate the lenses of contemporary literary theory into practices that have always defined good pedagogy. The most significant change for this edition is the addition of a full chapter on critical race theory (CRT) as an analytical lens. CRT offers teachers fresh opportunities for interdisciplinary planning and teaching, as it lends itself to lessons that encompass a variety of disciplines such as history, sociology, psychology, and science. As with the previous edition, each chapter concludes with a list of suggested nonfiction pieces that work well for the particular lens under discussion. This popular text provides a comprehensive approach to incorporating nonfiction and informational texts into the literature classroom with new and revised classroom activities appropriate for today’s students. Book Features: Helps both pre- and inservice ELA teachers introduce contemporary literary theory into their classrooms. Offers lucid and accessible explications of contemporary literary theory. Provides dozens of innovative and field-tested classroom activities. Tackles the thorny issue of Critical Race Theory in helpful and practical ways.

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Author:   Deborah Appleman
Publisher:   Teachers' College Press
Imprint:   Teachers' College Press
Edition:   4th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780807768402

ISBN 10:   0807768405
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   22 December 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents (Tentative) Preface to the Fourth Third Edition Introduction 1.  What We Teach and Why: Contemporary Literary Theory and Adolescents 2.  Prisms of Possibilities: Introducing Multiple Perspectives 3.  The Lens of Reader Response: The Promise and Peril of Response-Based Pedagogy 4.  What's Class Got to Do With It? Reading Literature Through the Lens of Privilege and Social Class 5.  The Social Construction of Gender: A Lens of One's Own 6.  Columbus Did What? Postcolonialism in the Literature Classroom 7.  Critical Race Theory: Much Ado About Something 8.  Deconstruction: Postmodern Theory and the Postmodern High School Student 9.  Lenses and Learning Styles: Accommodating Student Plurality With Theoretical Plurality 10.  Critical Encounters: Reading the World Appendix: Classroom Activities Selected Literary Texts References Index About the Author

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Praise for the Third Edition: What a smart and useful book! It provides teachers with a wealth of knowledge and material to help their students develop critical perspective and suppleness of thought. -Mike Rose, University of California, Los Angeles This Third Edition proves that Appleman still has her hand on the pulse of the rapidly changing landscape of education. -Ernest Morrell, Teachers College, Columbia University This new edition of Deborah Appleman's now classic book demonstrates even more dramatically than previously how the critical theories she so skillfully teaches serve not only as lenses for the reading of literature, but as tools for discovering, interrogating, and challenging injustice, hypocrisy, and the hidden power relations that students are likely to encounter. -Teachers College, Columbia University

Author Information

Deborah Appleman is the Hollis L. Caswell Professor of Educational Studies at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.

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