Entering the Arena: The Figured Worlds Transition of Preservice Teachers

The article describes a semester‐long project that draws on Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games as a resource and over‐arching theme for preservice taking a content area literacy course. We examine how prepare preservice teachers learn to connect written texts to content area (disciplinary) literacy a...

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Published in:Journal of adolescent & adult literacy 2013-03, Vol.56 (6), p.490-499
Main Authors: Saunders, Jane M., Ash, Gwynne Ellen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescence
Adolescent Literature
Adolescent/young adult literature
and materials
Career preparation
Case study
Choice
Choice, preference
Clubs
College/university students
Content literacy
Critical literacy
Digital/media literacies
English/language arts
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Hidden curricula
Instructional strategies
Instructional strategies, teaching strategies
Language Arts
Learning
Learning Activities
Lesson Plans
Literacy
Literature
Literature-based instruction
Mathematics education
Mathematics Instruction
methods
Middle School Teachers
Motivation/engagement
Popular culture
preference
Preservice
Preservice Teachers
professional development
Projects
Qualitative
Reading instruction
Research methodology
School based
School environment
science
Science Instruction
Social Studies
Sociocultural
Specific subject areas (math
Specific subject areas (math, science, social studies, English/language arts)
Strategies
Strategies, methods, and materials
Student Attitudes
Student Projects
Student teachers
Student Teaching
Teacher discipline
Teacher education
Teacher education, professional development
Teachers
teaching strategies
Texas
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Theme
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Summary:The article describes a semester‐long project that draws on Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games as a resource and over‐arching theme for preservice taking a content area literacy course. We examine how prepare preservice teachers learn to connect written texts to content area (disciplinary) literacy and consider ways to prepare them for the myriad hidden rules of teaching in today's complex public school environments. Included are examples from our students’ work, as is a detailed description of our over‐arching goals for The Hunger Games Achievements project. FREE author podcast
ISSN:1081-3004
1936-2706
DOI:10.1002/JAAL.170