Educating for Empathy: Literacy Learning and Civic Engagement
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Educating for Empathy: Literacy Learning and Civic Engagement
Abstract/Description
Educating for Empathy presents a compelling framework for thinking about the purpose and practice of literacy education in a politically polarized world. Mirra proposes a model of critical civic empathy that encourages secondary ELA teachers to consider how issues of power and inequity play out in the literacy classroom and how to envision literacy practices as a means of civic engagement. The book reviews core elements of ELA instruction—response to literature, classroom discussion, research, and digital literacy—and demonstrates how these activities can be adapted to foster critical thinking and empathetic perspectives among students. Chapters depict teachers and students engaging in this transformative learning, offer concrete strategies for the classroom, and pose questions to guide school communities in collaborative reflection.
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Date
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Scholarship genre
Methodological
Empirical
IRE Approach/Concept
Primary national context
Open access/full-text available
No
ISBN
Paperback: 9780807759141
eBook: 9780807777282
Citation
Mirra, Nicole. (2018). Educating for Empathy: Literacy Learning and Civic Engagement. Teachers College Press.
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