Entering the Arena: The Figured Worlds Transition of Preservice Teachers

• Published in: Journal of adolescent & adult literacy Vol. 56; no. 6; pp. 490 - 499
• Main Authors: Saunders, Jane M, Ash, Gwynne Ellen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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; Texas

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...