John H. Bushman, University of Kansas
Kay Parks Bushman, Ottowa High School, Kansas

Published August, 1996 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

Copyright 1997, 304 pp.
Paper
ISBN 0-13-457052-9

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    Adolescent/Young Adult Literature-Curriculum and Instruction

    Young Adult Literature-English

Providing future middle and high school English teachers with the guidance they'll need to choose reading selections and develop ideas for teaching them, this practical methods text shows how to accomplish four important goals: 1) Use quality young adult literature to promote life-long reading, and 2) Use the reader response approach for literature analysis. 3) Use the literature young people want to read as a bridge to teaching the classics, and, 4) Use multicultural young adult literature as a way to reach a diverse student population.




Places a strong emphasis on the relationship between reading, writing, and language skills by highlighting it in activities and ideas throughout the text.
Provides a unique 'Learning Log' in each chapter which actively involves future teachers in text materials.
Discusses theories of Piaget, Havighurst, Kohlberg and Carlsen, and includes examples of literature that build on these constructivist theoretical frameworks.
Explores strategies for teaching literary elements and qualities, and writing and language skills.
Covers effective ways to organize literature lessons when teaching one book to an entire class, groups of books to a single class, or thematic units, as well as ideas for creating individualized reading lists.
NEW— Features two new chapters that introduce topics of critical importance in today's educational climate:

• Examines reader response theory and how it can be used in the classroom (Ch. 3).
• Explores the use of technology to enhance the teaching of young adult literature (Ch. 9).

NEW— Updates literature lists to include dozens of the latest young adult titles.

1. Young Adults and the Literature that Meets Their Needs and Interests.
2. Evaluating Young Adult Literature.
3. Using Reader Response to Begin (with Pamela Levitt).
4. The Reading/Writing Connection.
5. The Language Connection.
6. Organizing the Literature.
7. Young Adult Literature and the Classics.
8. Diversity in Young Adult Literature: Ethnic, Cultural, and National (with Lois Stover).
9. Media and Young Adult Literature (with Elise Biggerstaff).
10. The Censorship Issues.
11. Young Adult Literature: A Brief History.
Appendices.
Index.

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