In and Beyond the Classroom: A Literature Review on Critical, Political Engagement and Literacy in High School ELA

• In Event: AERA Graduate Student Research-in-Progress Session 4
  In Roundtable Session: Community Context and Engagement in Research on Student Educational Experiences and Well-Being (Table 2)

Abstract

"The transformative possibilities provided by critical and political engagement within the English language arts classroom and how these possibilities empower students beyond the classroom deserve study, theory, and practice.

We aim to conduct an ongoing literature review guided by the central question: How do teachers and students create spaces that invite critical and political engagement in and beyond high school ELA classrooms? This literature review, then, hopes to be informative and useful to teachers, teacher educators, and researchers.

We draw upon the sociocultural theoretical perspective on literacy (Street, 1984, 1993, 1995) and Paulo Freire's critical theory (Freire, 1970/2000, 1985) for this literature review, and use the methodological framework of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA)."

Author

• Nick DePascal, University of New Mexico