This book offers a rationale for why educators should approach nonfiction literature for children from a critical stance.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Tables
Foreword:Kathy G. Short
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Why Critical Conversations on Nonfiction Texts for Children?
Vivian Yenika-Agbaw
Chapter 2:Defining and Describing Expository Literature
Melissa Stewart and Terrell A. Young
Chapter 3:Using Nonfiction to Motivate Students: Classroom Engagements
Elizabeth Raff
Chapter 4:Teaching Young Readers Using Nonfiction Texts
Xenia Hadjioannou and Nancy Rankie Shelton
Chapter 5:Critical Questions about Photographic "Truths" in Children's Nonfiction Books
Laura Anne Hudock
Chapter 6:Science Inquiry in a Fifth Grade Classroom
Shanetia Clark and Vincent Genareo
Chapter 7:Engaging Young Adolescents through Science
L. J. Phillips and Marnie Woodley
Chapter 8:Engaging Students in Conversations about Mathematical "Truths"
Deanna Day and Barbara A. Ward
Chapter 9:Some Nonfiction Resources for Engaging in Critical Conversations
Chris Landauer, Cheryl Logan, and René Rodrí guez-Astacio
Contributors' Biography