Entering the Arena: The Figured Worlds Transition of Preservice Teachers

The article describes a semester-long project that draws on Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games" as a resource and over-arching theme for preservice teachers taking a content area literacy course. We examine how preservice teachers learn to connect written texts to content area (discip...

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Published inJournal of adolescent & adult literacy Vol. 56; no. 6; pp. 490 - 499
Main Authors Saunders, Jane M, Ash, Gwynne Ellen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Wiley-Blackwell 01.03.2013
Subjects
Adolescent Literature
Clubs
Language Arts
Learning Activities
Lesson Plans
Literacy
Mathematics Instruction
Middle School Teachers
Preservice Teachers
Science Instruction
Social Studies
Student Attitudes
Student Projects
Student Teaching
Texas
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Summary:The article describes a semester-long project that draws on Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games" as a resource and over-arching theme for preservice teachers taking a content area literacy course. We examine how preservice teachers learn to connect written texts to content area (disciplinary) literacy and consider ways to prepare them for the myriad hidden rules of teaching in today's complex public school environments. Included are examples from our students' work, as is a detailed description of our over-arching goals for The "Hunger Games" Achievements project. (Contains 5 figures and 3 resources.)
ISSN:1081-3004
DOI:10.1002/JAAL.170