Jason D. DeHart

In the ever-changing digital age, storytelling and literacy are constantly evolving, presenting new and exciting challenges and opportunities for educators, researchers, and...

This chapter explores the experiences of a White male educator in an Appalachian fringe rural setting. Using an Emic perspective, he draws upon autoethnography to explore...

This chapter examines the nexus of comics and digital work in the context of both secondary and post-secondary instruction with adolescents. The chapter draws upon the...

Art can be used in education to assist in engagement, comprehension, and literacy. For years, comics and graphic novels have been written off as simple sources of entertainment....

Film has become a cultural staple across the world. As with literature, film can be used to inform, entertain, inspire critical thinking, educate, and more. As such, it is a...

The implementation of virtual environments in education has been rapidly increasing in frequency after the COVID-19 pandemic. As these technologies rise in popularity, it is...

The co-authors present this work as a graduate student/preservice teacher and university professor pair who have a common interest in equity, literacy, and fostering inclusive...

This chapter examines the phenomenon of comics and graphic novels being adapted to other media, including film, as well as the movement to comics form from media forms. The...

Phenomenology is a rich and varied approach in the world of qualitative research. This book will draw upon phenomenological methods and methodology, including but not limited to...

The digital age has brought about significant changes to our society, creating a complex and ever-evolving digital landscape. To navigate this landscape effectively, it is...

The neglect of faith and religious diversity within educational practices poses a significant challenge in fostering inclusive learning environments. The current educational...

In this chapter, the co-authors explore the power of children's and youth literature as high-quality materials for building connections online during the pandemic. Both...

In this chapter, the author relates an analytic description of the composing practices of a digital comics maker, linking print processes and digital processes. This narrative...

In this chapter, the author/researcher details the ways in which an in-person literacy assessment course had to be reshaped as a virtual course. This ethnographic account...

This chapter draws upon the methodology of self-study to consider the ways in which a teacher/researcher engaged with students online both prior to and during the COVID-19...

In this chapter, the author takes on aspects of the narrative and autoethnographic methodologies to fashion an examination of self and practice. Attention is given to the links...

In this chapter, the author pushes back on the divisions and dichotomies that have become part of national discourse in the United States and advances the notion that the ethical...

This chapter focuses on the extended possibilities of considering what is textual and written alongside the visual, a move that has been noted by literacy scholars for some time....

Within the past decade, the role of film and media in K-12 classrooms has grown from entertainment-based activities to an active literacy-centered textual practice. A multitude...

This chapter takes a reflective and theoretical approach to examining the changes that were made in instruction by a university faculty member in the context of the 2020-2021....

This chapter recounts in both personal and pedagogical terms the journey of the author from a teenager who dropped out of high school to a young person who earned a GED. The...

This chapter draws upon the self-study methodology to examine the ways in which the author has considered pedagogy as a notion of practice moving to a fulfilled promise in the...

This chapter explores the affordances of the comics/graphic novels medium for engaging in critical reading and awareness of relevant cultural issues and a range of experiences....

In this chapter, the author collected the words of online poetry writers and curators through Google form interviews to examine the inspiration and experience of sharing poetic...

This chapter begins with ethnographic framing and includes an autoethnographic approach, including references to scholars who use this methodology. The changing nature of the...

This chapter explores the author's experiences in writing instruction, from a middle grades (6-8) context in the United States, to experiences in higher education. The author...

The purpose of this chapter is to provide teachers with an example of how the modern students' life (Legos and graphic novels) can be used creatively to engage children in...

This chapter focuses on the experience of three educators in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. As much as possible, the researcher has worked to maintain the voices of the...