Teaching Young Adult Literature Today Insights, Considerations, and Perspectives for the Classroom Teacher

Name: Teaching Young Adult Literature Today Insights, Considerations, and Perspectives for the Classroom Teacher
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ISBN: 9781442207202

ISBN-10: 1442207205

ISBN-13: 9781442207202

Edition: 2012

Authors: Judith A. Hayn, Jeffrey S. Kaplan, James Blasingame, Jacqueline Bach, Steven T. Bickmore

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List price: $71.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.04" wide x 9.05" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Jeffery S. Kaplan, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of English Language Arts Education in the College of Education and Human Performance's School of Teaching, Learning, and Leadership at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. He received the University of Central Florida Excellence in Professional Service Award in 2014.



Introduction



Where Has YAL Been?



Young Adult Literature: Defining the Role of Research




The Changing Face of Young Adult Literature: What Teachers and Researchers Need to Know to Enhance Their Practice and Inquiry




Literacy Teacher Education Today and the Teaching of Adolescent Literature: Perspectives on Research and Practice




Where Is YAL Now?



Identifying Obstacles and Garnering Support: Young Adult Literature in the English Language Arts Classroom




Using Young Adult Literature to Motivate and Engage the Disengaged




Dysropian Novels: What Imaging Futures Tell Young Readers about the Present and Future




Out of the Closet and Into the Open: LGBTQ Young Adult Literature in the Language Arts Classroom




Multicultural Adolescent Literature: Finding the Balance




Updating Young Adult Literature Reading Lists While Retaining Quality Titles




Crossing Boundaries: Genre-Blurring in Books for Young Adults




The Best-Selling Adult Novelist and Young Adult Fiction




Young Adult Literature as a Call to Social Activism




Where Is YAL Going?



Beyond the Language Arts Classroom: The Dynamic Intersection of Young Adult Literature and Technological, Pedegogical, and Content Knowledge




Reading with Blurred Boundaries: The Influence of Digital and Visual Culture on Young Adult Novels




YAL in Cyberspace: How Teachers Are Following Their Students into New Literacies



Index


About the Contributors