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Reading Diversity through Canadian Picture Books

Preservice Teachers Explore Issues of Identity, Ideology, and Pedagogy

edited by Ingrid Johnston & Joyce Bainbridge

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Jul 2013
Category
General, Multicultural Education, Books & Reading
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442646735
    Publish Date
    Jul 2013
    List Price
    $70.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442666429
    Publish Date
    Jan 2014
    List Price
    $58.00

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Description

What is the value of picture books in educating a diverse society? This collection of original essays explores how preservice teachers from faculties of education across Canada engage with issues of diversity and national identity as represented in children’s picture books. Based on research drawn from education courses and student teaching experiences, the book illustrates new and culturally relevant approaches to curricula that meet the needs of increasingly diverse student bodies.

The volume focuses on picture books as a central body of texts, drawing on recent reading theory and exploring the implications of bringing the works into school classrooms. Together, the essays offer a unique cross-Canada perspective on how picture books can help students and teachers explore identities, uncover personal and national histories, and locate a sense of place.

About the authors

Ingrid Johnston is a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta.

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Joyce Bainbridge is an emerita professor of Education at the University of Alberta.

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