Slowly Shifting out of Neutral: Using Young Adult Literature to Discuss PSTs’ Beliefs About Racial Injustice and Police Brutality

Shea Kerkhoff, Michelle Falter

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is twofold: to explore how preservice teachers in a young adult literature course critically conceptualize discussions in school spaces about race and police/community relations; and to understand the constraints and affordances of using the young adult (YA) novel, All American Boys, as a critical literacy tool for discussing race and police/community relations.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalEnglish Teaching: Practice Critique
Volume17
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 6 2018

Disciplines

  • Education

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