num_pages: 287
description: Teaching for Joy and Justice is the much-anticipated sequel to Linda Christensen's bestselling Reading Writing and Rising Up . Christensen is recognized as one of the country's finest teachers. Her latest book shows why. Through story upon story Christensen demonstrates how she draws on students' lives and the world to teach poetry essay narrative and critical literacy skills. Teaching for Joy and Justice reveals what happens when a teacher treats all students as intellectuals instead of intellectually challenged. Part autobiography part curriculum guide part critique of today's numbing standardized mandates this book sings with hope -- born of Christensen's more than 30 years as a classroom teacher language arts specialist and teacher educator. Practical inspirational this is a must-have book for every language arts teacher whether veteran or novice. In fact Teaching for Joy and Justice is a must-have book for anyone who wants concrete examples of what it really means to teach for social justice.
language: English
title: Teaching for Joy and Justice: Re-Imagining the Language Arts Classroom
publisher: Rethinking Schools