The Element of Context: Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits

Jago discusses the importance of teaching students build context as they read, through navigating them in multicultural texts. The way to this is by letting them read novels as these can help students begin to grapple with the complexity of the world around them. She sees it as a better way to prepa...

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Published in:Voices from the middle 2006-03, Vol.13 (3), p.44
Main Author: Jago, Carol
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Fiction
Immigration
Literacy
Middle School Students
Middle Schools
Reading
Reading Teachers
Teaching
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Summary:Jago discusses the importance of teaching students build context as they read, through navigating them in multicultural texts. The way to this is by letting them read novels as these can help students begin to grapple with the complexity of the world around them. She sees it as a better way to prepare young people for the brave new world that gives them the skills they need to learn from stories about the contexts for life in other lands.
ISSN:1074-4762
1943-3069