Yarning circles in the literacy classroom
Author(s)
Mills, Kathy A
Sunderland, Naomi
Davis-Warra, John
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2013
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This article explains how the speaking and listening practice of yarning circles can be used in the literacy classroom. The article opens with an account of a live enactment of yarning circles with elementary students in a mainstream classroom in Australia. It explains the purpose and origin of yarning circles in Indigenous communities, and provides steps for establishing and implementing the practice in classrooms.This article explains how the speaking and listening practice of yarning circles can be used in the literacy classroom. The article opens with an account of a live enactment of yarning circles with elementary students in a mainstream classroom in Australia. It explains the purpose and origin of yarning circles in Indigenous communities, and provides steps for establishing and implementing the practice in classrooms.
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Journal Title
The Reading Teacher
Volume
67
Issue
4
Subject
Education systems
Curriculum and pedagogy
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sociology