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Publication Date: 2012-Dec
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Conversations about Jail: Inclusive Settings for Critical Literacy
McCloskey, Erin
Early Childhood Education Journal, v40 n6 p369-377 Dec 2012
This article explores how a preschool writing community in an inclusive classroom provided the space for children to enact a critical literacy stance when they reconceptualized jail from being a place where "bad" people are taken to a place that people are sometimes placed because they perform acts of social justice. This case study highlights how conversations that are authentic and meaningful to children can be utilized by other children with different perspectives to scaffold each other's learning. Structuring classroom environments to be inclusive allows students to bring their strengths to an activity while supporting new learning for others in their community.
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Inclusion, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Writing Instruction, Correctional Institutions, Social Justice, Case Studies, Interpersonal Communication, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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