Educating for Empathy: Literacy Learning and Civic Engagement

Title: Educating for Empathy: Literacy Learning and Civic Engagement
Abstract/Description: Educating for Empathy presents a compelling framework for thinking about the purpose and practice of literacy education in a politically polarized world. Mirra proposes a model of critical civic empathy that encourages secondary ELA teachers to consider how issues of power and inequity play out in the literacy classroom and how to envision literacy practices as a means of civic engagement. The book reviews core elements of ELA instruction—response to literature, classroom discussion, research, and digital literacy—and demonstrates how these activities can be adapted to foster critical thinking and empathetic perspectives among students. Chapters depict teachers and students engaging in this transformative learning, offer concrete strategies for the classroom, and pose questions to guide school communities in collaborative reflection.
Author/creator: Mirra, Nicole
Date: 2018
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Scholarship genre: en Methodological; en Empirical
IRE Approach/Concept: Empathy; Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)
Primary national context: United States
Open access/full-text available: en No
ISBN: Paperback: 9780807759141; eBook: 9780807777282
URL: Publisher Website
Citation: Mirra, Nicole. (2018). Educating for Empathy: Literacy Learning and Civic Engagement. Teachers College Press.

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