Through eight compelling stories of restorative literacies, Wolter
explores the complex relationships among cognition, metacognition,
identity, behavior in schools, and literacies. Based on the principles
of restorative justice, restorative literacies are designed to help
educators repair harm, restore relationships, and expand the concept of
literacy for some of our most disenfranchised and disengaged students.
Restorative literacies are not just about growing readers and writers
per se. They are about creating a community of care that involves
students, teachers, administrators, and families so that all students
experience racially, culturally, linguistically, and economically
responsive instruction in multiple forms of literacies. Drawing on the
author's rich experiences cultivating a love of reading among her
students and studying the practices of other educators, Restorative
Literacies advances a provocative set of examples about centering the
voice and stories of people in our quest to humanize and reimagine how
we care for, about, and with others.
Book Features:
- Presents a literacy model of restorative justice that includes
participation from teachers, principals, administrators, and parents.
- Contains engaging narratives from elementary and secondary schools to
illustrate concepts and strategies.
- Explores compassionate listening as a conscious process of assuring
that all involved are fully heard, a skill that requires removing
assumptions, judgment, and bias.
- Identifies practices that take a positive view of learners, as opposed
to referring students to special education.
- Uses restoration as an alternative to pushout practices that are
designed to control students and often prevent them from reaching
their capacity.
