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Teaching Harry Potter : The Power of Imagination in Multicultural Classrooms /

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Given the current educational climate of high stakes testing, standardized curriculum, and 'approved' reading lists, incorporating unauthorized, popular literature into the classroom becomes a political choice. The authors examine why teachers choose to read Harry Potter , how they use the...

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Main Authors: Belcher, Catherine L. (Author), Stephenson, Becky Herr (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:Secondary education in a changing world.
Subjects:
Education.
Educational Policy and Politics.
International and Comparative Education.
Philosophy of Education.
Social Sciences, general.
Sociology of Education.
Teaching and Teacher Education.
Comparative education.
Education and state.
Educational sociology.
International education.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Social sciences.
Teaching.
ducation and state.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Given the current educational climate of high stakes testing, standardized curriculum, and 'approved' reading lists, incorporating unauthorized, popular literature into the classroom becomes a political choice. The authors examine why teachers choose to read Harry Potter , how they use the books, and the resulting teacher-student interactions.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages)
ISBN:9780230119918
DOI:10.1057/9780230119918