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Exploring the Intergenerational Dialogue Journal Discussion of a Multicultural Young Adult Novel

Explores the reader response patterns and intergenerational dialogue produced by five high school/university student pairs reading and reacting to a young adult multicultural novel, Gary Soto's "Buried Onions." Concludes that participants offered multiple perspectives, maintained mutual respect for each other's interpretations, and revealed the potential for intergenerational dialogue journal exchanges in the social studies classroom. (SG)

• Author/Creator: Bean, Thomas W., Rigoni, Nicole
• Date Published: Jul-Sep
• Journal/Secondary Title: Reading Research Quarterly
• Number: 3
• Volume: 36
• Year: 2001

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Multicultural Educational Practices
• Subject: Class Activities
• Subject: Dialog Journals
• Subject: Higher Education
• Subject: Intergenerational Programs
• Subject: Journal Writing
• Subject: Multicultural Education
• Subject: Reader Response
• Subject: Secondary Education
• Subject: Social Studies

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