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Direct linkRozansky, Carol Lloyd; Aagesen, Colleen – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2010
Students in an eighth-grade, urban, low-achieving reading class were introduced to critical literacy through engagement in Image Theatre. Developed by liberatory dramatist Augusto Boal, Image Theatre gives participants the opportunity to examine texts in the triple role of interpreter, artist, and sculptor (i.e., image creator). The researchers…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Empathy, Low Achievement
