Full Description
Writing Hope Found in Uncertain Times is a book written by and for preservice and inservice English language arts teachers and teacher educators looking to share stories and strategies of hope found in educational contexts, leading to a hopefulness in life too. This book is a physical manifestation of hoping aloud and answers intentional hope inquiries including, "How can hope, the action-based hope that moves systems and circumstances forward, be found and grown in vulnerable times through education and writing in ELA classrooms?" Arguably, action-based hope may be one of the most valuable outcomes educational systems can offer students, teachers, staff, and administrators. This collection of research-based, narrative-driven essays is one "hope moment" in time that can lead to other explorations and destinations of hope in education and beyond. Each chapter is a story, with retelling, remembering, and celebrating hope found.
Contributors are: Sean Brady, Emily Carty, Kerrin Denue, Nicole DuBois-Grabkowitz, Lindsey Gordon, Jonathan Hock, Katie Hoffmann, Diana Jones-Sukhram, Elizabeth A. Morphis, Kate Oberg, Cait O'Connor, Kasey O'Connor, Josefa Pace, Jenna Palmeri, Christopher Perkowski, Heather Lynn Rieger, Jake Roche, and Nicole Sieben.
Contents
Foreword
Diana Sukhram
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Part 1: Introductions to the Work
1 A Look Back at Hope in Education
Nicole Sieben
2 Writing Hope and the Framework that Follows
Nicole Sieben
3 An Introduction to the Work of Writing Hope Found: Hope Moments Realized
Nicole Sieben
Part 2: Finding Hope in Life through Writing Amidst Loss & Struggle
4 Coping and Finding Hope through the Exploration of Writing
Lindsey Gordon
5 Building Hope Strategies
Christopher Perkowski
6 Chrysalis: Finding Hope through the Years and Pages of My Writing
Heather L. Rieger
Part 3: Approaches to Finding Hope through Writing and Reading
7 The Buoyancy of Hope: Social Collaboration and Hope-Building as Insulation from Isolation, Stress, and Procrastination in the Writing Process
Sean Brady
8 Building on Strengths: Making Space for Student-Centered Writing during covid-19
Elizabeth A. Morphis and Kasey O'Connor
9 Practicing Compassion and Finding Hope
Katie Hoffmann
Part 4: The Power of Hope in Education to Empower All Students
10 Relentless Hope, Radical Change: Preparing Students to Write for the World They Want
Cait O'Connor
11 Unparalleled Unpredictability: Student Empowerment during the 2020-2021 Pandemic
Nicole DuBois-Grabkowitz
12 In Times of Struggle: Finding and Inspiring Hope as a Middle School ela Teacher
Jenna Palmeri
13 Hope and Becoming: Teaching for Self-Actualization and Social Consciousness
Kerrin Denue
14 Kindling Hope for the Future
Jonathan Hock
Part 5: The Importance of Hope-Filled Feedback
15 Will as a Partner to Skill: Using Motivation and Feedback Strategies to Elicit Writing Hope
Emily Carty
16 The Subtleties of Hope
Kate Oberg
17 Writing as a Means of Finding Meaning
Jake Roche
Part 6: Writing Hope Happenings in the College Classroom
18 Authentic Writing Practices: Exploring Hope through Metaphor and Performative Narrative Structures in Writing Courses by Using a
'Team-Based' Approach
Josefa Pace
19 Writing Workshop Communities of Practice in Teacher Education
Nicole Sieben (with Essays by Lilly Pelliccia, Jake Roche, and Jazmine Pirzada)
Appendices
Index
