Language Arts is a professional journal for elementary and middle school teachers and teacher educators. It provides a forum for discussions on all aspects of language arts learning and teaching, primarily as they relate to children in pre-kindergarten through the eighth grade. Issues discuss both theory and classroom practice, highlight current research, and review children's and young adolescent literature, as well as classroom and professional materials of interest to language arts educators. (Published September, November, January, March, May, and July)
Editors:
Peggy Albers, Caitlin McMunn Dooley, Amy Seely Flint, Teri Holbrook, and Laura May
Georgia State University, Atlanta
Contact: langartsgsu@gmail.com
"By acknowledging and questioning status quo discourses, and by gaining more thorough and accurate knowledge about LGBT texts and issues, teachers have the potential to become allies who strive to combat homophobia and heteronormativity through language arts pedagogy. (Amanda Haertling Thein, “Language Arts Teachers’ Resistance to Teaching LGBT Literature and Issues,” p. 179)
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Recent Themes
November 2012:
Development
September 2012:
Local Literacies an a Global World
July 2012:
Insights and Inquiries
May 2012:
History of the Word, Part I: Centennial Issue
March 2012:
Professional Development in the Age of Nick.com
January 2012:
Writing the Image, Writing the World
November 2011:
Beyond PowerPoints and Scavenger Hunts
September 2011:
Shaping Early Literacy Policy and Practice
July 2011:
Inquiries and Insights
May 2011:
Stories of Achievement
March 2011:
Remaking Literacies across Time and Place
January 2011:
The Rights of Readers
November 2010:
From the Beginning . . .
September 2010:
Language Arts in a 2.0 World
July 2010:
Inquiries and Insights