TE 448 Blog

Hi, My name is Courtney and I am in the College of Education at Michigan State. My major is elementary education with a specialization in History. I am very interested in diverse literature because I do not feel that it is represented enough in our schools. When I was in school I was exposed to very little diverse literature, and from my experience I have not seen much of a change. When I have my own classroom I would like to be able to bring more of it into the classroom if possible. I feel that taking TE 348 will help me to accomplish that goal, because it will give me a framework and some examples of texts that I could use. One of my main questions about diverse literature is why does it seem as though it is hidden. When looking at a banned book lists from a school many of the books on that list could be considered diverse literature. I would also like to know what, if anything, is being done to incorporate more diversity in the literature that is presented in schools.