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Highlighted Session - Rise Up: Supporting Children and Youth Engagement through Civic Literacies
Fri, November 30, 3:00 to 4:30pm, Renaissance Indian Wells, Floor: Terrace Level, Crystal GSession Submission Type: Symposium
Abstract
Four critical researchers articulate an approach to civic literacy learning by building upon Gutierrez’s (2008) concept of sociocritical literacy. Panelists center stories of elementary, middle school, and high school students to advocate for a re-imagining of literacy as a crucial form of civic education. Presenters situate citizenship and literacy as social practices influenced by cultural/historical contexts and oriented toward justice. Alongside the discussant, each researcher argues literacy is integral to civic learning.
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Individual Presentations
“Keep walls down instead of up!”: Interrogating Children’s Play as Civic Literacies - Cassie J Brownell, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
My Life is My Evidence: Fostering Critical Civic Empathy through Performative Debate - Nicole Mirra, Rutgers University
Taking Space and Making Space: Teaching and Learning about Power, Identity, and Privilege with Girls of Color - Tashal Brown, Michigan State University
Letters to the Next President: Exploring Adolescent Civic Literacy Practices - Antero Garcia, Stanford University