Educating for empathy : literacy learning and civic engagement / Nicole Mirra ; foreword by Ernest Morell.
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New York, NY : Berkeley, CA :
Teachers College Press ; National Writing Project,
[2018]
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| Series: | Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.)
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Front Matter; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; What is Empathy? Why is It Important?; Empathy and English Education: Opportunities and Barriers; Moving Toward a Theory and Practice of Critical Civic Empathy; Putting Critical Civic Empathy into Practice; Orientation and Structure of the Book; Chapter 1: Warrior-Scholars and Bridge-Builders; Why Teach Literature in the English Classroom? (And What Exactly Counts as Literature, Anyway?); From Empathy to Critical Civic Empathy: The Role of Literature; Literary Analysis in the Classroom: Teacher Case Studies
- Discussion: Critical Civic Empathy in Action; Conclusion; Chapter 2: Three Sides to Every Story; Debate in Action: The Middle School Quality Initiative; Academic and Civic Benefits of Debate; Debate and Critical Civic Empathy; Debate at Unidad Middle School: A Case Study; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Who Gets to Produce Knowledge?; Youth Participatory Action Research in Action: Purpose, Practice, and Positioning; Youth Participatory Action Research and Critical Civic Empathy; Youth Participatory Action Research in the Classroom: My Journey
- Getting Started with Youth Participatory Action Research in Various Contexts; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Navigating the Digital Public Sphere Through Connected Learning (and Teaching); My Introduction to Connected Learning; Cultivating Connections Beyond the 21st-Century Model; From Connected Learning to Connected Teaching: A Necessary Step Forward; Activities to Jumpstart Your Journey; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Practicing What We Preach; Navigating Competing Purposes of Literacy Education; Taking a Pragmatic Approach to Fostering Critical Civic Empathy
- Commitments to Democracy Inside and Outside the Classroom; Conclusion; Conclusion; The Limits of Empathy; Empathy into Action; Facing the 21st Century (and Beyond); Appendices; Appendix A: Civically Engaged Unit Planning Template; Appendix B: Template for Learning How to ""Flow"" in Debate; Appendix C: YPAR Research Proposal Template; Appendix D: Brief Introductions to YPAR Data Collection Strategies; Appendix E: YPAR Student Survey Model; Appendix F: Genius Hour Project Description; Appendix G: Multiple Views on the Purpose of Literacy Instruction; References; Index; About the Author
