In episode 2: advoCATE, FINDING GREAT BOOKS: TEACHING EQUITY, Dr. Martin and her guest, Dr. Julie Hoffman, discuss the YA novel Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, their idea of creating critical social justice inquiry circles to respond to issues and texts, and Dr. Hoffman, thereadeologist@gmail.com, recommends more new YA books.

eduCATE thanks Peter Midtgard for his bass stylistics. You can contact him at info@twistintarantulas.com

Listen to Episode 2.

Suggested Books

• Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

• All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

• On The Come Up by Angie Thomas

• Moxy: A Novel by Jennifer Mathieu

• Internment by Samira Ahmed

References

• Eisner, E. (2001). The educational imagination: On the design and evaluation of school programs (3rd ed.). Columbus, OH: Merrill//Prentice Hall.

• Lai, C. K., Marini, M., Lehr, S. A., Cerruti, C., Shin, J. L., Joy-Gaba, … Nosek, B. A. (2014). Reducing implicit racial preferences: I. A comparative investigation of 17 interventions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143, 1765-1785. 

• Love, B. L. (2017). Difficult knowledge: When a black feminist educator was too afraid to #sayhername. English Education, 49, 197-208.

• Loewen, J. W. (2010). Teaching what really happened: How to avoid the tyranny of textbooks and get students excited about doing history. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

• Nieto, S. (2009). Nice is not enough. In Language, Culture, and Teaching: Critical Perspectives (pp. 264-268). New York, NY: Routledge.

• Samuels, D. R. (2014). The culturally inclusive educator: Preparing for a multicultural world. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

• Singleton, G. E., & Linton, C. (2006). Courageous conversations about race: A field guide for achieving equity in schools. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

• Williams, P. (1991). The alchemy of race and rights: Diary of a law professor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.