Kristien Zenkov, PhD, is a Professor of Education at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He is the author of more than one hundred articles and book chapters and six books on literacy, social justice, and teacher education. He co-directs the "Through Students' Eyes" project-often partnering with teachers and students at TC Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia-which calls on youth to document with photographs and writings what they believe about school, justice, and literacy.
Jim Harmon taught high school English, computers, and video production in the Cleveland, Ohio area for eighteen years and is co-founder of "Through Students' Eyes." He received his B.F.A. in Photojournalism from the Rochester Institute of Technology and his M.Ed. in Computer Uses in Education at Cleveland State University, where he was named a Distinguished Alumnus, 2008. Harmon was an adjunct teacher educator in educational technology at Baldwin Wallace University and Cleveland State University.
This volume will assist teachers in recognizing the increasing diversity of their students who often look very different from and have life and school experiences that are very different than those of the educators who serve them. Current and future educators must utilize relevant curricula and creative pedagogies that honor students' diverse cultures and school and community experiences, while respecting our highest ideals for educational equity and social justice.
Foreword by Kathleen Cushman
Preface
Chapter 1: Our Evolving Schools, Our Changing Students
Chapter 2: Picturing Cleveland, Seeing the U.S.
Chapter 3: The Foundations of Our Practices
Chapter 4: Picturing a Writing Process
Chapter 5: Picturing Self: Past, Present, Future
Chapter 6: Picturing Teachers and School
Chapter 7: Picturing Challenges and Trauma
Chapter 8: Picturing Family and Community
Chapter 9: Picturing Mentors and Mentoring
Chapter 10: Picturing Success and Failure
References
About the Authors
Acknowledgments