Term
Spring 2023
Capstone
Capstone Project
Degree Name
MAT
Facilitator(s)
Kelly Killorn
Content Expert
Marie Scheffler
Abstract
Trauma is an innate human experience. People from every walk of life can experience trauma at any time, in a variety of ways. The awareness of trauma is seeping into the forefront of our society. In particular, education has seen trauma in varying ways. Many educators are tasked with navigating trauma’s tricky waters. This capstone explores the possibility of how trauma-informed pedagogy and critical literacy impact student engagement in a middle school language arts classroom? Much of the literature reviewed in this capstone examines trauma’s complexities, trauma’s manifestation in schools and suggests several strategies that can be implemented to impact student engagement. Examples of these strategies are content selection, journaling, digital storytelling, critical witnessing, and mindfulness.
Project Type
Professional Development
Keywords
Community Building, Developmentally Appropriate Practice, Literacy, Staff Development
Recommended Citation
Chambers, Katherine, "Teaching Trauma-Informed Pedagogy and Critical Literacy in a Middle School Language Arts Classroom" (2023). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects. 900.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_cp/900
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text
dc_publisher
DigitalCommons@Hamline
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application/pdf
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School of Education Student Capstone Projects