Using Fan Fiction to Bridge Students’ Understanding of Science
Document Type
Book Contribution
Publication Date
1-1-2022
Description
The purpose of this chapter was to present current literature focused on integrating science and literacy and describe the teaching of a science unit of study that incorporated fanfiction literature in a fourthgrade classroom. Ms. Bardon’s instructional techniques were focused on integrating science learning with reading and writing based within a fictional text read together as a classroom community throughout the unit of science study. The unit of study was presented alongside background literature to illustrate how such teaching is indicative of a larger movement in the educational field toward science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)-based pedagogy and curriculum. The account of teaching was presented according to the close reading of the fictional text, the hands-on science activities, and the culminating student writing of a fanfiction narrative that constituted the assessment of science learning.
Citation Information
Jennings, LaShay; Moran, Renee M.; and Pierce, Blake, "Using Fan Fiction
to Bridge Students’
Understanding of Science" (2022). ETSU Faculty Works. 880.
https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works-2/880