A Pen Pal Project Connects Preservice Teachers and Urban Youth

Autor/inn/en	Wilfong, Lori G.; Oberhauser, Casey
Titel	A Pen Pal Project Connects Preservice Teachers and Urban Youth
Quelle	In: Middle School Journal (J3), 43 (2012) 5, S.40-50 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0094-0771
Schlagwörter	Rewards; Preservice Teachers; Reading Attitudes; Role Models; Urban Teaching; Urban Youth; Middle Schools; Middle School Students; Teacher Student Relationship; Letters (Correspondence); Cultural Awareness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reward; Belohnung; Reading behavior; Rading behaviour; Leseverhalten; Identifikationsfigur; Urban education; Stadtteilbezogenes Lernen; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Middle schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Brief; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität
Abstract	This article describes a pen pal project that took place between preservice teachers and students in an urban middle school. The purpose of this project was twofold: to expose preservice teachers to the rewards of urban teaching and to expose urban middle school students to adult reading role models. As a result of the project, both goals were accomplished. The authors discuss implications for both the urban student and preservice teacher populations and offer recommendations for university and K-12 teachers to implement programs like this in their own classrooms. (Contains 5 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10