Come Together, Right Now, Over Me: Bridging the Gaps between Departments of Kinships

Authors

  • Norjuan Q. Austin Stephen F. Austin State University

Keywords:

body image, teaching, education, theory

Abstract

Presenting prospective teachers with theories that inform them of multiple readerships will help them to make informed decisions about what to read with their students and with their own children, and it will help them gain insight into the forces that are upon young children and adolescents because of societal pressure like the control and presentation of one’s body. Therefore, this essay posits that creating courses in literature for children which address pedagogical concerns as well as the acquisition of literary analytical skills are now a necessary pedagogical move that English Departments should make in earnest.

Author Biography

Norjuan Q. Austin, Stephen F. Austin State University

Norjuan Q. Austin is Director of English Education and Assistant Professor of English at Stephen F. Austin State University. He teaches courses in Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Language Arts Pedagogy, and Composition and Rhetoric.

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