Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
Defending the Utilization of Diverse Texts: How a Rubric Can Support Teachers and Librarians in Selecting and Sharing Diverse Literature

Defending the Utilization of Diverse Texts: How a Rubric Can Support Teachers and Librarians in Selecting and Sharing Diverse Literature

Jackie Marshall Arnold, Mary-Kate Sableski
Copyright: © 2024 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781668496558|ISBN10: 1668496550|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668496596|EISBN13: 9781668496565
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-9655-8.ch006
Cite Chapter Cite Chapter

MLA

Arnold, Jackie Marshall, and Mary-Kate Sableski. "Defending the Utilization of Diverse Texts: How a Rubric Can Support Teachers and Librarians in Selecting and Sharing Diverse Literature." Supporting Students’ Intellectual Freedom in Schools: The Right to Read, edited by Danielle E. Sachdeva, et al., IGI Global, 2024, pp. 107-121. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-9655-8.ch006

APA

Arnold, J. M. & Sableski, M. (2024). Defending the Utilization of Diverse Texts: How a Rubric Can Support Teachers and Librarians in Selecting and Sharing Diverse Literature. In D. Sachdeva, S. Hull, S. Kimmel, & W. Whitaker (Eds.), Supporting Students’ Intellectual Freedom in Schools: The Right to Read (pp. 107-121). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-9655-8.ch006

Chicago

Arnold, Jackie Marshall, and Mary-Kate Sableski. "Defending the Utilization of Diverse Texts: How a Rubric Can Support Teachers and Librarians in Selecting and Sharing Diverse Literature." In Supporting Students’ Intellectual Freedom in Schools: The Right to Read, edited by Danielle E. Sachdeva, et al., 107-121. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2024. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-9655-8.ch006

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite

Abstract

To make thoughtful book selections within the current social and political climate, where book challenges and censorship are constant and growing at an unprecedented pace, teachers and librarians need opportunities to thoughtfully and critically reflect on the literature they use in their classrooms and ground those choices in research. Students need experiences with diverse texts that help them see and engage with what it means to walk in another's shoes, and to see their own experiences reflected in the books they read. In this chapter, the authors describe a tool for teachers and librarians to use as they select literature for their classrooms that will help them practically ground those choices in research and authentically use them with students. Using a rubric as a mental model when selecting books and having conversations with others about the books invites teachers and librarians to consider the full range of diversity available to them, and to select books that invite all children into critical conversations around books that inspire and motivate them to reflect and act.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.