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ERIC Number: EJ1460073
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-2374-7404
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Using Diverse Children's Literature to Raise Disability Awareness in Urban Elementary Classrooms
Terry Husband
Texas Journal of Literacy Education, v11 n2 p8-19 2024
The student population in urban elementary classrooms has become increasingly diverse over the past two decades. While teachers have responded to this diversity, in part, by incorporating diverse texts related to race, culture, and language, few teachers have incorporated texts related to people with disabilities. Consequently, children have few opportunities to learn about people with disabilities in the world. Unfortunately, this often leads to biases, discrimination, alienation, and other negative outcomes. In this article, I argue that urban elementary teachers should incorporate diverse children's literature with main characters with disabilities as a means of raising disability awareness. Next, using a critical literacy framework, I provide an example of teaching about disabilities during a 4-day instructional unit. Finally, I conclude with recommendations for selecting books with characters with disabilities.
Texas Journal of Literacy Education. Texas Woman's University Department of Reading, MCL 9th Floor, PO Box 425769, Denton, TX 76204. Web site: http://www.talejournal.com/index.php/TJLE
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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