1. Judith Dunkerly-Bean, Ph.D. Early Childhood Symposium 2016
Reading the World: Engaging Children in Critical Writing through Global Children's Literature
Judith Dunkerly-Bean, Ph.D.
Early Childhood Symposium 2016

2. “Children participate in global landscapes as reflective agents capable of examining, redefining and “playing with” the hegemonic and dominant discourses of globalization across the communities that they navigate.”
Literacy, Play and Globalization (Medina & Wohlwend, 2014, p. 24)

3. Global Children’s Literature
Books that are international whether by:
Topic
Author
Origin of Publication
( Lehman, Freeman, & Scharer, 2010)
Resource for GCL:

4. Critical Questions (Janks, 2014)
What perspectives?
What Choices are available?
What is shown/hidden?
What is taken for granted?
Who is included/excluded?
What is constructed as “legitimate”
What is constructed as “natural”?
Who wins? Who loses?

5. EC Research Project
How do children mediate, negotiate and disrupt issues of global social justice through literacy, art and imaginary play in an early childhood education context?

6. Re-scripting Events to “Unpack” Global Justice Issues

7. Focus for Today Considering perspectives
Re-scripting or reimagining text through art, drama, music, etc. to inform writing on a “deeper” level.

8. Break-out Exploration
Select one of the books and and read it with your group – what themes or perspectives are evident, which are not? What critical questions could this book help answer? How could it help students better understand writing?
Think about how you could incorporate art, dramatic play, music, etc. to extend student’s understanding of different perspectives, identities, in/justices, etc. that could help them write “deeper and more abundantly”
Use the supplies provided to re-present a perspective, issue, identity, solution, etc. in the book in a creative way to extend understanding both as a reader and writer.

9. Gallery Walk
Take some time to walk around and look at other participants’ efforts.
What are the affordances of combining art, drama, etc. with writing?

10. Contact Information
Judith Dunkerly-Bean, Ph.D.