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Building civic futures in out-of-school literacy learning environments / editors, Lamar Timmons-Long, New York University, Nicole Mirra, Rutgers University, Antero Garcia, Stanford University.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Timmons-Long, LaMar.
- Series:
- Civic Literacy Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Citizenship--Study and teaching (Elementary and secondary).
- Citizenship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 179 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : National Council of Teachers of English, [2025]
- Summary:
- This book explores innovative approaches to literacy education and civic engagement by examining how educators can create spaces beyond traditional classrooms to support youth development. It emphasizes speculative education practices that promote equity, justice, and imagination. Contributions include essays on Black children as activists, arts-based teaching, digital storytelling, and civic literacy in diverse communities. The authors advocate for breaking conventional boundaries to empower young people to build humanizing and liberatory futures. Designed for educators, researchers, and practitioners, the book provides insights into fostering creativity, critical thinking, and social action in various non-traditional learning environments. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction: LaMar Timmons-Long, Nicole Mirra, and Antero Garcia
- Drawing from/for Justice: Black Children and Youth as Activists in Literacy Spaces: Francisco L. Torres and Astrid N. Sambolín Morales
- Podcasting as Civically Engaged Storytelling with Black Immigrant Youth: Neisha Terry
- “The Stories We Live By”: Creativity, Criticality, and Civic Futures: Jen Scott Curwood
- Dreamwalk with Me: Engaging Civic Literacy and Critical Speculative Design Praxis : Michael Dando:
- Not Just Acting Like Activists: Youths’ Civic-Focused Justice Work in Social Media Communities: Dominique Skye McDaniel
- An Afrofuturistic Hope for Literacy: Using Arts-Based Teaching to Cultivate Black Boy Literacy Genius: Julia Lynch and Beth W. Gafford
- Expanding Civics beyond Citizenship: Refugee Youths’ Multimodal Counterstories: Megan Heise and Meg Booth
- De- and Re-Constructing Journalism: Storytelling and Social Action: Emily Plummer Catena
- Tales of Resistance: Rebuilding Social Realities in Civic Imagination Workshops: Fabio C. Campos
- Coalitional Civic Literacies: Tracing Urban Migrant Girls’ Democratic Sense-Making in Two Virtual Inquiry Communities: Ankhi G. Thakurta
- Place-Based, Community-Engaged Learning in Challenging Contexts: Shanna Peeples
- Enacting Speculative Futures with Youth at Fan Conventions: Karis Jones, M’mah Cisse, Anais Santiago, and Kimonye Mays
- Transnational Fan Activism: Digital Literacies and Global Civic Futures: Grace MyHyun Kim
- Index
- About the Editors
- About the Authors Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 0-8141-0237-9
- OCLC:
- 1553677573
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