ERIC Number: EJ955656
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Mar
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1053-4512
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Using Literature as a Strategy to Promote Inclusivity in High School Classrooms
Walton, Elizabeth
Intervention in School and Clinic, v47 n4 p224-233 Mar 2012
Reports on school bullying of students who are different suggest that teachers need to be intentional about implementing strategies that promote inclusive attitudes and behaviors in diverse classrooms. Literature offers much to education in general, and it provides the pedagogic space to address issues of inclusion and exclusion, particularly of people with disabilities. Selecting literary texts that feature people with disabilities for high school students can be challenging, but once chosen, such texts can be used to promote inclusivity by developing sympathetic understanding, by addressing sensitive issues using the characters and context of the text, and by engaging in critical literacy that exposes power and positioning in texts. These strategies can be applied in classrooms through various written and verbal activities and can be used with a range of texts. One such text, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," illustrates how the strategies can be implemented. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Bullying, Disabilities, High School Students, Change Strategies, Educational Strategies, Learning Strategies, Inclusion, Classroom Techniques, Literature, Literature Appreciation, Didacticism, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Literacy, Empathy, Imagination, Reading Material Selection, Teaching Methods, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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