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Book Synopsis
Offers research and theories grounded in culturally sustaining pedagogies and healing-centered engagements along with practical strategies for book club facilitators - from developing specific student-centered pedagogical approaches to embodying critical and humanizing dispositions.

Table of Contents
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments xi
  • 1. Transformation and Inclusivity: The Foundation for
  • Student-Centered Book Clubs 1
  • What Has Been My Journey to Book Clubs? 3
  • What Are Book Clubs? 5
  • What Does It Mean to Be Transformative and Inclusive? 7
  • Why Do We Need Book Clubs? 8
  • What Are the Benefits of Book Clubs? 9
  • Who Are Book Clubs For? 10
  • What Are the Theories That Ground Book Clubs? 12
  • What's Coming Up? 15
  • 2. Getting Book Clubs Started Within Our School Communities 18
  • Who Can Start and Facilitate Book Clubs? 19
  • What Is the Purpose of Your Book Clubs and Who Will Participate? 21
  • Where and When Do We Meet? 21
  • Which Books Do We Use and How Do We Get Them? 23
  • How Can We Be More Intentional About the Books We Read? 28
  • How Do We Get Students to Join Book Clubs? 30
  • How Do We Build Community to Prepare Students for Classroom-Based Book Clubs? 30
  • How Do We Build Literacy Skills to Prepare Students for Classroom-Based Book Clubs? 31
  • 3. Creating Student-Centered, Inclusive Spaces Through
  • Culturally Sustaining and Emotionally Responsive
  • Facilitative Practices 36
  • What Does It Mean to Be a Culturally Sustaining and Emotionally Responsive Facilitator? 38
  • What Happens During Our First Book Club Session? 45
  • 4. Maintaining, Sustaining, and Assessing Book Club
  • Conversations 55
  • What Are the Structures We Can Use to Maintain Book Clubs? 57
  • What Are the Rituals We Can Use to Sustain Our Book Clubs? 66
  • What Mini-Lessons Can We Use to Sustain Our Book Clubs? 68
  • How Can We Nurture Students' Reading Outside of Book Club? 72
  • What Assessments Can We Use to Maintain and Sustain Student Progress? 74
  • 5. Developing Literacies and Spaces for Emotional and
  • Identity-Based Engagements 81
  • What Do We Mean By Literacy Development? 82
  • What Does It Mean to Engage in Emotional and Identity-Based Work? 86
  • How Can We Address Trauma Within Our Book Clubs? 93
  • How Do We Simultaneously Address Reading Development Along With Emotional and Identity-Based Work? 94
  • How Do We Integrate Writing Into Book Clubs? 101
  • 6. Developing Students' Social Awareness, Interpersonal
  • Relationships, and Agency 104
  • How Can We Use Book Clubs to Develop Students' Social Literacies? 106
  • How Can Book Clubs Center Social Awareness? 112
  • How Can Book Clubs Help Students Develop Relationships? 114
  • How Can We Use Book Clubs to Impact Students' Sense of Agency? 121
  • 7. Engaging With Youth Families and in Digital Spaces 129
  • How Can Book Clubs Be Inclusive of Our Students' Families? 129
  • What Do Book Clubs Look Like in Digital Spaces? 133
  • Epilogue: Centering Joy in Book Club Spaces 138
  • References 143
  • Index 156
  • About the Author 164

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      Publisher: Teachers' College Press
      Publication Date: 30/08/2022
      ISBN13: 9780807767504, 978-0807767504
      ISBN10: 0807767506
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers research and theories grounded in culturally sustaining pedagogies and healing-centered engagements along with practical strategies for book club facilitators - from developing specific student-centered pedagogical approaches to embodying critical and humanizing dispositions.

      Table of Contents
      • Contents
      • Acknowledgments xi
      • 1. Transformation and Inclusivity: The Foundation for
      • Student-Centered Book Clubs 1
      • What Has Been My Journey to Book Clubs? 3
      • What Are Book Clubs? 5
      • What Does It Mean to Be Transformative and Inclusive? 7
      • Why Do We Need Book Clubs? 8
      • What Are the Benefits of Book Clubs? 9
      • Who Are Book Clubs For? 10
      • What Are the Theories That Ground Book Clubs? 12
      • What's Coming Up? 15
      • 2. Getting Book Clubs Started Within Our School Communities 18
      • Who Can Start and Facilitate Book Clubs? 19
      • What Is the Purpose of Your Book Clubs and Who Will Participate? 21
      • Where and When Do We Meet? 21
      • Which Books Do We Use and How Do We Get Them? 23
      • How Can We Be More Intentional About the Books We Read? 28
      • How Do We Get Students to Join Book Clubs? 30
      • How Do We Build Community to Prepare Students for Classroom-Based Book Clubs? 30
      • How Do We Build Literacy Skills to Prepare Students for Classroom-Based Book Clubs? 31
      • 3. Creating Student-Centered, Inclusive Spaces Through
      • Culturally Sustaining and Emotionally Responsive
      • Facilitative Practices 36
      • What Does It Mean to Be a Culturally Sustaining and Emotionally Responsive Facilitator? 38
      • What Happens During Our First Book Club Session? 45
      • 4. Maintaining, Sustaining, and Assessing Book Club
      • Conversations 55
      • What Are the Structures We Can Use to Maintain Book Clubs? 57
      • What Are the Rituals We Can Use to Sustain Our Book Clubs? 66
      • What Mini-Lessons Can We Use to Sustain Our Book Clubs? 68
      • How Can We Nurture Students' Reading Outside of Book Club? 72
      • What Assessments Can We Use to Maintain and Sustain Student Progress? 74
      • 5. Developing Literacies and Spaces for Emotional and
      • Identity-Based Engagements 81
      • What Do We Mean By Literacy Development? 82
      • What Does It Mean to Engage in Emotional and Identity-Based Work? 86
      • How Can We Address Trauma Within Our Book Clubs? 93
      • How Do We Simultaneously Address Reading Development Along With Emotional and Identity-Based Work? 94
      • How Do We Integrate Writing Into Book Clubs? 101
      • 6. Developing Students' Social Awareness, Interpersonal
      • Relationships, and Agency 104
      • How Can We Use Book Clubs to Develop Students' Social Literacies? 106
      • How Can Book Clubs Center Social Awareness? 112
      • How Can Book Clubs Help Students Develop Relationships? 114
      • How Can We Use Book Clubs to Impact Students' Sense of Agency? 121
      • 7. Engaging With Youth Families and in Digital Spaces 129
      • How Can Book Clubs Be Inclusive of Our Students' Families? 129
      • What Do Book Clubs Look Like in Digital Spaces? 133
      • Epilogue: Centering Joy in Book Club Spaces 138
      • References 143
      • Index 156
      • About the Author 164

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