A Critical Inquiry Framework for K-12 Teachers: Lessons and Resources from the U.N. Rights of the Child

by JoBeth Allen, Lois Alexander, Susan L. Lytle, Marilyn Cochran-Smith

Overview

This dynamic book provides powerful ideas to guide pedagogy and a curriculum model for helping students connect with issues in their lives while meeting standards. Vivid portraits of K–12 classrooms illustrate how teachers used a human rights framework to engage students in critical inquiry of relevant social issues, such as immigration rights, religious tolerance, racial equality, countering the effects of poverty, and respect for people with disabilities. The book shows how a group of teachers worked together to develop a critical content framework using the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child. Chapters highlight lively classroom and community action projects.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807753941
Publisher:	Teachers College Press
Publication date:	01/14/2013
Series:	Practitioner Inquiry Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

JoBeth Allen is a professor of language and literacy education at the University of Georgia and co-director of the Red Clay Writing Project. Her books include Creating Welcoming Schools and Literacy in the Welcoming Classroom.

Table of Contents

1 A Critical Inquiry Framework for K-12 Teachers: Lessons and Resources from the Rights of the Child JoBeth Allen 1

2 Poverty, Power, and Action: A Primary Grades Study of the Right to Health and Well-Being Andrea Neher Stephanie Smith 20

3 It's Not Easy Being Flat: A 3rd-Grade Study of the Rights of Students with Disabilities Tonia Paramore 35

4 Latinos for Involvement in Family Education: Parents Promoting Educational Goals That Respect Their Values and Culture Stephen Lush Lindsey Lush 54

5 Protection from Deportation and Family Separation: Middle School Students Explore Their Rights as Recent Immigrants Kelli Bivins 72

6 "I Need a New Way of Lyfe": High School English Students Inquire into the Right to an Adequate Standard of Living Lois Alexander 90

7 Becoming Thrice-Born: 10th-Grade History Students Inquire into the Rights to Culture, Identity, and Freedom of Thought Paige Cole 109

8 PeaceJam: High School Student Activists Work for Human Rights Lindy Crace 127

9 Literature as a Springboard for Critical Inquiry: An Annotated Bibliography Jaye Thiel Jen McCreight Dawan Coombs 150

References 173

About the Editors and Contributors 179

Index 183

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“This is a timely resource for all who want to teach in hopeful and transformative ways.”
—Mariana Souto-Manning, Teachers College, Columbia University

“Critical literacy, innovative teaching, and children’s rights take center-stage in this beautiful new book. Let us learn from these stories as we move toward socially just teaching practices, equitable educational structures, and the promise of The Rights of the Child in our schools and communities.”
—Valerie Kinloch, associate professor, literacy studies, The Ohio State University