Reading Is a Revolutionary Act: Exploring Identity and Representation Through Interactive Read-Alouds: Read and Represent (Poster 38)

• In Event: Saturday Poster Session 9:35 am
  In Poster Session: Research in Reading and Literacy Poster Session 3

Abstract

At a time where books that center Black people are being banned across the United States, it is an act of revolution to be intentional about including representative literature and identity development within the education system at every level. Through a social justice action research qualitative design, the study explores the experiences of students and pre-service undergraduate teachers; examining the influence of this program on racial literacy, culturally responsive pedagogy, and the representation of Blackness in education. This study provides valuable insights and actionable steps that educators at all levels can utilize in their classrooms to combat the anti-Black attacks and violence against books that center Blackness.

Author

• Brittany Powell, University of Delaware