Margaret J Finders
Biographic Data
| ID | 238677 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret J Finders |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret J |
| FAMILY NAME | Finders |
| SIGNATURE | FINDERS M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Girls Incorporated |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“A Liberation of Powers”
In this essay Harry Boyte and Margaret Finders argue that addressing the “shrinkage” of education and democracy requires acting politically to reclaim and augment Deweyan agency‐focused concepts of democracy and education. Looking at agency from the vantage of civic studies, which advances a politics of agency — a citizen politics that is different from ideological politics — and citizens as cocreators of political communities, Boyte and Finders …
It's Time to Revise K‐W‐L
This column features essays written by current middle school and high school teachers, media specialists, librarians, literacy coaches, curriculum specialists, administrators, preservice teachers, teacher educators, and adolescent and adult learners. They highlight diverse perspectives on teaching and/or learning with literacies to inspire reader reflection
Hybridization of literacy practices
Book reviewed in this article: What They Don't Learn in School: Literacy in the Lives of Urban Youth. Edited by Jabari Mahiri. 2004
Queens and Teen Zines
This article documents the reading of teen magazines by middle-class Euro-American seventh-grade girls. Examining the reading of teen zines as a literacy event provides an opportunity to explore how the girls perceive and construct their social roles and relationships as they enter a new cultural scene, the junior high school. Documenting this particular reading practice provides a window onto the complex social negotiations in operation as early…
Queens and Teen Zines
This article documents the reading of teen magazines by middle-class Euro-American seventh-grade girls. Examining the reading of teen zines as a literacy event provides an opportunity to explore how the girls perceive and construct their social roles and relationships as they enter a new cultural scene, the junior high school. Documenting this particular reading practice provides a window onto the complex social negotiations in operation as early…
Queens and Teen Zines
This article documents the reading of teen magazines by middle-class Euro-American seventh-grade girls. Examining the reading of teen zines as a literacy event provides an opportunity to explore how the girls perceive and construct their social roles and relationships as they enter a new cultural scene, the junior high school. Documenting this particular reading practice provides a window onto the complex social negotiations in operation as early…
Hybridization of literacy practices
Book reviewed in this article: What They Don't Learn in School: Literacy in the Lives of Urban Youth. Edited by Jabari Mahiri. 2004
It's Time to Revise K‐W‐L
This column features essays written by current middle school and high school teachers, media specialists, librarians, literacy coaches, curriculum specialists, administrators, preservice teachers, teacher educators, and adolescent and adult learners. They highlight diverse perspectives on teaching and/or learning with literacies to inspire reader reflection
“A Liberation of Powers”
In this essay Harry Boyte and Margaret Finders argue that addressing the “shrinkage” of education and democracy requires acting politically to reclaim and augment Deweyan agency‐focused concepts of democracy and education. Looking at agency from the vantage of civic studies, which advances a politics of agency — a citizen politics that is different from ideological politics — and citizens as cocreators of political communities, Boyte and Finders …
Pedagogy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Literacy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Literacy, Media, and Education (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Agency (philosophy) (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Critical literacy (1 work)