Literary Life Histories

Reclaiming Reading and Living the Story
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-031-97169-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

Synthesizing fifteen years of experience using Life Histories students, grades five to university, this textbook provides a framework for deepening student understandings of text and promoting classroom engagement through collaborative writing and performance. Intended for undergraduate and graduate education students, as well as practicing teachers for grades five through twelve, this textbook supports both pre-service and in-service teachers in meeting the literacy needs of diverse students through culturally responsive teaching.

While practicing Life Histories, readers take on the persona of a character to write their stories and perform their narratives. In doing so, they develop empathy that helps them appreciate diverse human experiences as well as gain new and critical understandings about themselves and their world. Through Life Histories, students engage with diverse texts to make multi-layered analysis of readings, fostering empathy as well as artistic expression.

Zielgruppe

Upper undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lee, Valarie

Madden, Marjorie

Browne, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Alphabetisierung
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Curricula: Planung und Entwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Beginnings of Life Histories: Oral Histories as the Catalyst.- 2. The Theoretical Framework of Life Histories.- 3. Confronting and Dissembling Current Social Issues.- 4. Life Histories, Memoirs, and Narrative Empathy.- 5. Examining How a Government’s Abuse of Power Leads to Discrimination: Hitler’s Rise and the Holocaust.- 6. Life Histories and Urban Communities.- 7. Opening Spaces for Trauma.- 8. Life Histories as Culturally Responsive Teaching: Teachers as Writers and Performers.- 9. 
Performing the Past: Life Histories, RISP, and Social Justice in Social Studies.- 10. Where Do We Go From Here? Looking Forward.

Über Autor(innen)

Valarie Lee is Associate Professor of Literacy in the Department of Critical Literacy, Technology, and Multilingual Education at Rowan University, USA. With 28 years in high school and university teaching, Valarie researches adolescent literacy and lesson study. She is a co-founder of The Literacy Consortium and the Rowan University Writing Project.

Marjorie Madden is Associate Professor of Literacy in the Department of Critical Literacy, Technology, and Multilingual Education at Rowan University, USA. With over 40 years of experience in education, Marjories’s researches underserved students, inclusive literacy practices, and critical pedagogy. She co-founded The Literacy Consortium and the Rowan University Writing Project.

Susan Browne is Professor of Literacy in the Department of Critical Literacy, Technology, and Multilingual Education at Rowan University, USA. Susan teaches reading courses and advises graduate thesis research. A former Philadelphia teacher, she researches critical pedagogies, urban education, and diverse youth literature. She co-founded the Rowan University Writing Project.