ERIC Number: EJ1305028
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Oct
Pages: 5
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Empowering Preservice Teachers through Adolescent Literature: Fostering Empathy for Students Impacted by Disabilities
Estes-Sykes, L. Karen
Texas Association for Literacy Education Yearbook, v4 p112-116 Oct 2017
Research suggests developmental bibliotherapy has a transformative effect on participants (Adams & Pitre, 2000). Specifically, bibliotherapy has been shown to develop a reader's empathy towards others (Comer-Kidd & Castano, 2013) and positively influence a reader's attitude towards individual differences (Routel, 2009; Gavigan & Kurtts, 2010). Through the constructs of developmental bibliotherapy and literature circles, the use of adolescent literature enhances preservice teachers' attitudes toward students impacted by disabilities. Preservice teachers in a required literacy course within an educator preparation program participated in literature circles and read young adolescent literature with protagonists impacted by disabilities. This chapter presents ways literature circles impacted preservice teachers.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Empowerment, Adolescent Literature, Empathy, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Literacy Education, Teacher Education Programs, Consciousness Raising, Bibliotherapy
Texas Association for Literacy Education. PO Box 451761, Houston, TX 77245. e-mail: taleyearbook@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.texasreaders.org/yearbooks.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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