Voices from the Middle offers articles on research and best practices in middle level reading, writing, speaking, and listening in the visual and language arts. Our mission is to be the cornerstone for the ongoing professional development of language arts educators. (Published September, December, March, and May)
Editors: Roxanne Henkin, Janis Harmon, and Elizabeth Pate
University of Texas at San Antonio
Contact: voices@utsa.edu
[Critical literacy offers an important strategic, practical alternative that allows teachers and students to reconnect literacy with everyday life and with an education that entails debate, argument, and action over social, cultural, and economics issues that matter.
—Allan Luke and Annette
Woods, p. 16
Voices from the Middle
Vol. 17, No. 2, December 2009
Theme: The Toll We Pay: Critical Literacy
Recent Themes
September 2009:
Service-Learning: The Intersection of Civic and Academic Engagement
May 2009:
On a Quest for New Discoveries: Effective Professional Development
March 2009:
The Road Seldom Taken: Poetry
December 2008:
At the Crossroads: Time for Another Open Call