Beyond Tolerance: Real World Literacy Teaching and Learning for PreK-6

by Dierdre G. Paul

Overview

Beyond Tolerance is a hopeful, optimistic book focused on creating positive and sustained social change through engagement with beautiful, sometimes complex, and consistently interesting multiethnic children’s literature. It presents a fresh perspective on race and ethnicity. Additionally, it features an innovative approach to literacy teaching and learning through the use of multiethnic children’s literature in our preschools and throughout the elementary school grades.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781475833249
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	03/29/2017
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.37(w) x 9.32(h) x 0.73(d)

About the Author

Dr. Dierdre Glenn Paul, full professor at Montclair State University, is the author of four books, four book chapters, multiple journal articles and has made numerous presentations. Her most significant accomplishment, however, is being mom to two fantastic children.

Table of Contents

Dedication Page
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Chapter I: Introduction
Chapter II: What is Multiethnic Children’s Literature?
Chapter III: What Are the Benefits of Multiethnic Children’s Literature? And Who Actually Benefits?
Chapter IV: Choosing High Quality Diverse Books
Chapter V: Strategies for Preschool Literacy Learners
Chapter VI: Literacy Strategies for Grades K-3
Chapter VII: Literacy Strategies for Grades 4-6
Appendix A: Milestones in the Development of Multicultural
Literature
Appendix B: Guidelines for Selecting Children’s Books
Appendix C: Coretta Scott King Book Awards – All Recipients, 1970-Present
Appendix D: The Américas Book Awards – All Recipients,
1993-Present
Appendix E: Pura Belpré Book Awards – All Recipients,
1996-Present
Appendix F: Choosing Books for Independent Reading
Appendix G: K-3 Literacy Assessments, Reading Behaviors
Checklist
Appendix G: Parent Questionnaire
Appendix H: Good Readers Poster
Appendix I: Informal Reading Conference
References

Editorial Reviews

In Beyond Tolerance: Real World Literacy Teaching and Learning for PreK-6,Dierdre Glenn Paul discusses “America’s” relationship with its public schools, wide-ranging education policies, and countless literacy efforts to educate all students. Written to create positive and sustained social change through what Glenn Paul calls, “multiethnic children’s literature,” her voice is fittingly audible throughout the book. Poignant quotes open each chapter followed by rationale, recommendations, resources, or instructional strategies. At this time in our country’s existence, Glenn Paul’s attention to Black male students’ literacy development is especially welcome. Whether read from cover-to-cover or à la carte—Glenn Paul says either is fine—teachers, caregivers of young learners, and education stakeholders are sure to find something useful.

Danne Davis

With Beyond Tolerance, Dierdre Glenn Paul illustrates that the whole of America is more complex than the sum of its parts. With the increased ethnic and linguistic diversity present in our schools, and the majority of educators non-representative of their students’ multiethnic backgrounds, Glenn Paul offers a solution to the challenge of teaching literacy in post-racial America: Reading and discussing multiethnic children’s literature reflective and inclusive of all cultures. An essential tool for all educators, from pre-service to veteran, this visionary text projects a optimistic message about the importance of creating a community of learners to examine modern issues of race and identity. A comprehensive historical overview of ethnic exclusion is woven seamlessly throughout. Specifically addressed is the current dilemma facing New Jersey’s apartheid school districts in urban centers, which adds to the urgency of her message. Beyond Tolerance is indeed that: an honest, pragmatic approach that empowers teachers to be the facilitators of social change for future generations. It merits a place of distinction in every teacher’s professional library.

Maggie Churchill