Reading, Writing, and Thinking about Disability Issues: Five Activities for the Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Kennedy, Tammie M.; Menten, Tracey
Titel	Reading, Writing, and Thinking about Disability Issues: Five Activities for the Classroom
Quelle	In: English Journal, 100 (2010) 2, S.61-67 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-8274
Schlagwörter	English Curriculum; Disabilities; Teaching Methods; Reading Skills; Writing Skills; Thinking Skills; English Instruction; Secondary Education; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Social Change; Federal Legislation; Normalization (Disabilities); Special Education; Disability Identification; Stereotypes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Handicap; Behinderung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Denkfähigkeit; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Sekundarbereich; Sozialer Wandel; Bundesrecht; Normalisierung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Klischee
Abstract	In this article, the authors share five practical teaching activities for introducing disability into the secondary English curriculum that also address NCTE/IRA objectives for the English language arts. They have used these lessons to help students better analyze the language/rhetoric of disability, understand how disability is represented in literature, and uncover how the media (e.g., TV/movies and websites) depict people with disabilities. While teachers might focus specifically on disability issues, the authors have incorporated these activities into their current curriculum and teaching practices that focus on reading, writing, and discussing diversity, culture, identity, and social issues. The authors include objectives, NCTE standards, and rationales linked to each activity. They encourage teachers to engage their students in these activities and adapt them as appropriate. (Contains 4 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10