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At the Intersection of Creativity and Civic Engagement: Adolescents' Literacies in Action
Author(s) -
Bean Thomas W.,
DunkerlyBean Judith
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of adolescent and adult literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1936-2706
pISSN - 1081-3004
DOI - 10.1002/jaal.575
Subject(s) - creativity , civic engagement , citizenship , literacy , pedagogy , intersection (aeronautics) , action (physics) , citizenship education , frame (networking) , sociology , mathematics education , psychology , social psychology , political science , politics , computer science , physics , telecommunications , engineering , quantum mechanics , law , aerospace engineering
The purpose of this commentary is to explore the intersection of creativity, civic engagement, and literacy instruction that takes into consideration real‐world concerns. The authors define and consider recent work on creativity and utilize Westheimer's model of citizenship to frame an example of adolescents engaged in both purposeful literacies and civic engagement in a project in which the authors are currently involved. They advocate for providing students with the opportunity to investigate global issues that matter to them while engaging in literacies to address those issues.