Reading diversity through Canadian picture books : preservice teachers explore issues of identity, ideology, and pedagogy / edited by Ingrid Johnston and Joyce Bainbridge.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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This collection of original essays explores how preservice teachers from faculties of education across Canada engage with issues of diversity and national identity as represented in children's picture books.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Picture Books and Pedagogy: From Possibilities to Practice -- 2 Who Does This Text Think I Am? Exploring Questions of Subjectivity through Diverse Picture Books -- 3 Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Cultural, Social, and Political Issues in the Canadian West -- 4 Prairie Spaces Recreated: Aboriginal Education and Canadian Picture Books -- 5 Imagining the Possibilities: The Pedagogical Potential of Diverse Canadian Picture Books

6 Very Far Away: Traversing the Distance between Imagination and Actualization7 Connecting Visual Literacy and Cultural Awareness through Picture Book Illustrations -- 8 Generative Ways to Promote Political Activity and Social Change with Picture Books -- Afterword -- Appendix A: Course Data Sources -- Appendix B: List of Picture Books Used in the Research Project -- References -- Author Biographies -- Index

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