Language Arts - Current Issue

This article explores how arts-based pedagogies give insight into the lives and dreams of students who experience detainment and incarceration.

Braiding together theoretical perspectives from critical literacy studies, data literacy, and visual cultures, this article describes how two young children’s textual compositions functioned as sites of rhetorical invention through the playful production and circulation of critical data literacies.

This study explored the creative processes and stories constructed by Indigenous and transnational Latinx bilingual/multilingual children in an afterschool writing program.

Visual arts can broaden the curriculum, enhance learning in literacy and history, and provide opportunities to reflect on and critique our contemporary society.

As evidenced in an exploratory case study, drawing on the arts is one beneficial avenue for students with disabilities to engage in and develop content area understanding.

This paper considers a collage activity in an arts education course as an inherently future-oriented activity that can stimulate young children’s imagination and creativity.

Lessons are shared from Latine families and children who have used critical multimodal practices to cultivate literacies that sustain identities, histories, and everyday lives.

In this column, I briefly explore the practice of drama in educational settings through children’s literature books. Through role-playing activities, learners delve into the intricacies of cultural representation and the potential for inadvertent cultural appropriation. The narrative provides insights into nurturing cultural appreciation and critical thinking skills among learners while navigating the complexities of character interpretation. Central to this approach is the selection of culturally resonant books and the involvement of parents and community members, creating a rich, supportive learning environment that boosts literacy and language learning outcomes and builds confidence and community engagement.

Intentional use of strategies to build writing communities, acknowledging individual writing processes, and promoting reflection encourages the growth of self-regulated writers.