附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and index.
Constructing social worlds: an introduction -- A practice-oriented curriculum for inquiry into social worlds -- A social worlds unit in ninth-grade English -- Inquiry strategies: immersing; identifying concerns, issues, and dilemmas; and contextualizing -- Critiquing and transforming social worlds -- Tools for representing social worlds -- Peer worlds -- School and sports worlds -- Family and romance worlds -- Community and workplace worlds -- Virtual worlds.
摘要:Offers an alternative framework for middle and secondary school English instruction. The authors provide concrete strategies for engaging students in critical inquiry projects about the social worlds they inhabit or about those portrayed in literature and the media. Includes examples of students using various literacy tools (language, genres, narratives, signs, multimedia, and drama).
