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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"book clubs"”.
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Between pages, between spaces: queer(ing) community in online book clubs
… adults in Canada and the United States. One book club with 7 participants read Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas, and the other with 6 participants read On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. Both book clubs were co-created in an online space and met bi-weekly for six sessions. Members …
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"Loosey goosey" liberation: A critical feminist ethnographic study of the community created through the safe spaces of book clubs
… restricted access to the public sphere through book clubs. By utilizing a critical ethnographic approach and feminist theory, this thesis analyzes the communal constructs and safe space of one book club in the Midwest U.S. This critical ethnography of this book club provides an important …
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Examining the curricular and pedagogical challenges and possibilities of post-colonial young adult literature: a narrative inquiry of book clubs with pre-service teachers
… and curriculum theories to describe two book clubs in which twelve pre-service English teachers examined post-colonial young adult literature and explored the possibilities and challenges of using these texts in English Language Arts classrooms. The texts selected for the study focus on …
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"""Real Talk"": The Participation of African American and Caribbean American Young Men in a Middle School Book Club"
… to read a shared text in a series of classroom book clubs. I draw on sociocultural theories of literacy development (Rogoff, Gutierrez, Dyson) that present evidence of the importance of understanding literacy practices in relation to the sociocultural contexts in which literacy events occur. …
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The impact of reading and discussing culturally relevant texts with adolescents who struggle with reading
… The study strengthens our understanding of how book clubs/literature discussion groups can be used to support students’ learning. The project expands current research on the implementation of book clubs in a high school setting. Additionally, it produces a deeper understanding of the impact …
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Using literature circles to increase reading comprehension and student motivation
… based on their reading lexile. Usually the books selected for guided reading are from a basal reading series and are used to teach different reading components and strategies. However, the books don’t always reflect student cultures, making it difficult for students to hold discussions and …
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What’s the Deal With Junie?: Responses from Second and Third Graders to Junie B. Jones
… popular culture series through the use of a book club. The two books read were Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook (Park, 1997) and Cheater Pants (Park, 2003). Semi-structured and open-ended questions were utilized to gather data. Then, the participants collaboratively created a script based on one …
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Character-Centric Literary Visualisation for Casual Discussion and Analysis
Casual reading communities, like book clubs, can benefit from tools that facilitate character recall and narrative reflection. However, existing resources – such as wikis, social media, other text-based repositories, or even handwritten notes – can lack an integrated format that enables all …
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Liberating Dialogue: Literature Discussions of Sociopolitical Texts Among African American Students in an Inner-City School
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>Although the Common Core State Standards have the potential to guide teachers toward literacy practices that emphasize authentic literature and its use in discussions, high-stakes testing associated with the CCSS has prompted some educators to implement curricula that mirrors the …
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The effects of book club participation on reading comprehension in children with disabilities
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We be talkin': Critical explorations into how Black adolescents experience a Black language book club
… they interacted with Black literature during a book club with consideration for the pedagogical shifts that emerge because of these experiences. Critical consciousness and reader response theories were used to understand how the Black adolescents described their experiences. As a result, the …
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Mexican American Parents of Elementary Students and Literacy Engagement: A Case Study of a Bilingual (Spanish/English) Parent Book Club Using Children's Literature
… parents and a bilingual coordinator engaged in a book club using the same historical fiction text as the school's fifth grade classroom. Research questions focused on Book Club participation, connections to the focal text(s), and new learning. Data included audiotapes of the sessions, parent …