{"product_id":"challenging-traditional-classroom-spaces-with-ricki-ginsberg-9780814105351","title":"Challenging Traditional Classroom Spaces with Young Adult Literature: Students in Community as Course Co-Designers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs a high school teacher, Ricki Ginsberg realized that a truly student-centered classroom requires student input. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo foster a more ethical, community-based approach to curriculum design and instruction, she worked with her students to reimagine and co-design existing, grade-level courses, and in doing so, they integrated young adult literature as central to the curriculum and course design. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Ginsberg, along with more than a dozen teacher contributors, shares course design possibilities for teachers seeking to disrupt and reimagine traditional structures with the inclusion of YA literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith communities of practice as a guiding framework, \u003cem\u003eChallenging Traditional Classroom Spaces with YA Literature\u003c\/em\u003e explores how teachers might work with students to build a community that defines their purposes together, how they might investigate new possibilities for existing or traditional courses by harnessing the potential of YA literature, how they might use critical freedom to co-develop YA electives, and how they can lead literate lives together as a community of practice that is engaged with their local and global communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrounded in NCTE's \u003cem\u003ePreparing Teachers with Knowledge of Children's and Young Adult Literature\u003c\/em\u003e position statement, this book offers both big ideas, such as overarching structural decisions and pedagogical positioning, as well as a wealth of flexible and adaptable practical strategies and ideas that can be implemented directly in secondary classrooms with varied contexts and purposes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ricki Ginsberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814105351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814105351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National Council of Teachers of English (Ncte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 7.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Ricki Ginsberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072809824511,"sku":"9780814105351","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57b631ad-3e39-4600-b025-ea96e80d516a.jpg?v=1685444061","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/challenging-traditional-classroom-spaces-with-ricki-ginsberg-9780814105351","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}