Teaching Young Adult Literature Today: Insights, Considerations, and Perspectives for the Classroom Teacher
Judith A. Hayn
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Description for Teaching Young Adult Literature Today: Insights, Considerations, and Perspectives for the Classroom Teacher
Paperback. This book introduces the reader to what is current and relevant in the plethora of good books available for adolescents. Literary experts illustrate how teachers everywhere can help their students become lifelong readers by simply introducing them to great reads-smart, insightful, and engaging books that are specifically written for adolescents. Num Pages: 354 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JNU; YQCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 30. Weight in Grams: 506.
Teaching Young Adult Literature Today introduces the reader to what is current and relevant in the plethora of good books available for adolescents. More importantly, literary experts illustrate how teachers everywhere can help their students become lifelong readers by simply introducing them to great reads-smart, insightful, and engaging books that are specifically written for adolescents. Hayn, Kaplan, and their contributors address a wide range of topics: how to avoid common obstacles to using YAL; selecting quality YAL for classrooms while balancing these with curriculum requirements; engaging disenfranchised readers; pairing YAL with technology as an innovative way to teach curriculum standards ... Read more
Teaching Young Adult Literature Today introduces the reader to what is current and relevant in the plethora of good books available for adolescents. More importantly, literary experts illustrate how teachers everywhere can help their students become lifelong readers by simply introducing them to great reads-smart, insightful, and engaging books that are specifically written for adolescents. Hayn, Kaplan, and their contributors address a wide range of topics: how to avoid common obstacles to using YAL; selecting quality YAL for classrooms while balancing these with curriculum requirements; engaging disenfranchised readers; pairing YAL with technology as an innovative way to teach curriculum standards ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
354
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9781475829471
SKU
V9781475829471
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Ref
99-2
About Judith A. Hayn
Judith A. Hayn is associate professor of English education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is the chair of the NCTE Conference on English Education Commission on the Study and Teaching of Adolescent Literature and of SIGNAL, the Special Interest Group Network on Adolescent Literature for the International Reading Association. Hayn began her career in education as ... Read more
Reviews for Teaching Young Adult Literature Today: Insights, Considerations, and Perspectives for the Classroom Teacher
Recent research on the effects of time spent pleasure reading in youth demonstrate that it explains cognitive progress over time, educational attainment and social mobility. This makes pleasure reading a civil rights issue. And what better to hook students on reading then the books that were written specifically for them? In this volume, the top researchers and thinkers about ... Read more