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| author | Lafferty, Karen Elizabeth |
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| contents | "What Are You Reading?": How School Libraries Can Promote Racial Diversity in Multicultural Literature Lafferty, Karen Elizabeth Cultural Pluralism School Libraries High School Students School Districts Librarians Literature Race Educational Strategies Reading Materials Library Role Statistical Analysis While many educators state beliefs about the importance of selecting fiction that will engage a diverse student population, use of multicultural titles in secondary classrooms has lagged, in part due to increasing focus on the Common Core State Standards in the United States. The purpose of this study was to determine if high school students in a Southern California district were using school libraries to access multicultural literature characterized by racial diversity. Four years of circulation data from the district's five comprehensive high schools were examined. Analysis revealed that the titles with the highest circulation were overwhelmingly written by White authors and about White protagonists. Suggested are ways that educators can use resources within school libraries to promote more racially diverse multicultural literature, even as classroom titles remain static. Included are recommendations for how teachers and teacher-librarians can encourage students to select from a wider range of texts, as well as guidance on conducting a circulation analysis. |
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| spellingShingle | "What Are You Reading?": How School Libraries Can Promote Racial Diversity in Multicultural Literature Lafferty, Karen Elizabeth Cultural Pluralism School Libraries High School Students School Districts Librarians Literature Race Educational Strategies Reading Materials Library Role Statistical Analysis "What Are You Reading?": How School Libraries Can Promote Racial Diversity in Multicultural Literature Lafferty, Karen Elizabeth Cultural Pluralism School Libraries High School Students School Districts Librarians Literature Race Educational Strategies Reading Materials Library Role Statistical Analysis While many educators state beliefs about the importance of selecting fiction that will engage a diverse student population, use of multicultural titles in secondary classrooms has lagged, in part due to increasing focus on the Common Core State Standards in the United States. The purpose of this study was to determine if high school students in a Southern California district were using school libraries to access multicultural literature characterized by racial diversity. Four years of circulation data from the district's five comprehensive high schools were examined. Analysis revealed that the titles with the highest circulation were overwhelmingly written by White authors and about White protagonists. Suggested are ways that educators can use resources within school libraries to promote more racially diverse multicultural literature, even as classroom titles remain static. Included are recommendations for how teachers and teacher-librarians can encourage students to select from a wider range of texts, as well as guidance on conducting a circulation analysis. |
| title | "What Are You Reading?": How School Libraries Can Promote Racial Diversity in Multicultural Literature |
| topic | Cultural Pluralism School Libraries High School Students School Districts Librarians Literature Race Educational Strategies Reading Materials Library Role Statistical Analysis |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1043217 |