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 Dooley, Amy Seely Flint, Teri Holbrook, and Laura May
Georgia State University, Atlanta
Contact: langartsgsu@gmail.com
"[S]tories provide a way for us to move between local and global cultures and to explore the ways in which people live and think in cultures that differ from our own. Whether these stories are directly shared with us by global members of our immediate community or through literature from people living in distant geographical places, they provide access to shared and unique experiences and beliefs. We need more than facts to understand the storied lives of people in diverse global cultures."
(“Story as World Making” by Kathy G. Short, p. 9)
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Recent Themes
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