Nearly 30 years since Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop's (1990) call for more books that serve as
mirrors for youth of color, an increasing number of authors and illustrators of color have …

This book analyses the relationship between comics and cultural memory. By focussing on a
range of landmark comics from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the discussion draws …

The purposes of this study were 1) to investigate the effect of a graphic novel on students'
English reading comprehension and 2) to explore students' English reading motivation while …

Comics--both digital and print--increasingly make their way to the classroom. Scholars in the
field have illustrated the pedagogical value of comics, but there remains little discussion as …

Recent political excursions into classroom text selections by local and national politicians
and pundits have made teaching canonical texts more appealing to many school districts …

RESUMEN La Literacidad Visual Crítica es un proceso por el cual se interpretan y
construyen significados a partir de textos visuales. Su práctica permite desvelar el sesgo …

This paper explores how participants in a Swedish secondary school do gender talk with
comics. Swedish schools are tasked with working with gender, but this can be a challenge …

This article provides a commentary on the text exemplar list for Grade bands 9-12 included
in the Common Core documents in the United States. It is argued that a critical literacy …

This article reports on a study that investigated Norwegian upper secondary pupils' visual
stereotypes, as well as their awareness of and willingness to challenge these stereotypes …

Comic books and graphic novels offer an excellent way to democratize the classroom and
improve student learning by giving them the ability to understand social issues and social …