DOI: 10.58680/ej20261150506 ISSN: 0013-8274

CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LITERATURE: Youth Lens in Action: Teacher Candidates’ Critical Engagement with YA Texts through Book Clubs

CRIS BARABAS, TWAHIBA KASHE NDIHOKUBWAYO, CONNOR STEPHENS, CARLIN BORSHEIM-BLACK

In this article, authors share how the youth lens framework is operationalized in a young adult literature course through book clubs to deepen literary analysis, while also highlighting its pedagogical potential for supporting teacher candidates in critically engaging with and teaching YA texts.