Moving the Race/Culture Discussion Forward in Classrooms: Using Picture Books to Promote Wisdom
Abstract
One means of bringing discussions of race and culture into classrooms is the use of a fourfold framework based Howard’s work (2016). The framework consists of honesty, empathy, advocacy, and action. Teachers read-aloud multicultural literature to help move discussions of race and culture forward in classrooms. The envisionment building model (Langer, 2011) overlays this process to help understand how learning wisdom develops through shared literary experiences. Wisdom, according to Hill Collins (1998), is the belief that although the lived experiences of others are different from your own, they are true, and should be honored.
Recommended Citation
Garlough, Diana K. and Carrothers, Robert M.
(2017)
"Moving the Race/Culture Discussion Forward in Classrooms: Using Picture Books to Promote Wisdom,"
Ohio Journal of Teacher Education: Vol. 31:
No.
1, Article 9.
Available at:
https://www.exhibit.xavier.edu/ojte/vol31/iss1/9