Issue: May 2010

By Marie LeJeune & Tracy Smiles, Western Oregon University This month in WOW Currents we explored theoretical intersections and instructional challenges to using multicultural and international children’s literature with students of all ages. We began by creating a framework that articulated the theoretical frames that inform our practice and reflection, and provided examples from our [...]

By Marie LeJeune & Tracy Smiles, Western Oregon University As teacher educators we believe we must engage future teachers in the important work of finding quality children’s and adolescent literature students they or their students might not find otherwise. We encourage students to read a wide variety of recent texts and discourage students from using [...]

By Marie LeJeune, Ph.D. & Tracy Smiles, Ph.D., Western Oregon University Again we draw upon our framework that “reflects a mixture of our past experiences as literacy teachers, teacher researchers, and teacher educators, and our current perspectives on literary and pedagogical theories and how they might play out in practice.” Our framework revolves around three [...]

By Marie LeJeune, Ph.D. & Tracy Smiles, Ph.D., Western Oregon University Last week we presented a framework that, as we said, “reflects a mixture of our past experiences as literacy teachers, teacher researchers, and teacher educators, and our current perspectives on literary and pedagogical theories and how they might play out in practice.” We will [...]