Date Approved
8-2021
Graduate Degree Type
Project
Degree Name
Education-Literacy Studies: TESOL (M.Ed.)
Degree Program
College of Education
First Advisor
Elizabeth Stolle
Academic Year
2020/2021
Abstract
Research shows that the cultural makeup of students in classrooms today in the United States has changed from classrooms of the past. These changes demand teachers to create classroom libraries that are culturally responsive. Culturally responsive classroom libraries can increase student engagement, shape students’ reading identities, and provide opportunities for students to create meaning with a text. This project examines what research literature has studied regarding how culturally responsive pedagogy impacts student identities, engagement through choice, books as window, mirrors, and sliding glass doors (Bishop, 1990), and instructional practices. Using reader response theory, the project focuses on tools to identify the cultures within classrooms and reflect on the responsiveness of classrooms libraries to deepen connections with a text, shape students’ identities, and increase student engagement.
ScholarWorks Citation
Coleman, Brandy, "Culturally Responsive Classroom Libraries in Middle School and High School English Language Arts Classrooms" (2021). Culminating Experience Projects. 66.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gradprojects/66
