62 Paul Metcalfe and graphic novels at TAFE libraries

Following his article on a recent issue of ALIA's Incite magazine, in this creator chat Paul Metcalfe, coordinator of the Albany Campus Library of South Regional TAFE in WA, joins us to discuss how he introduced graphic novels to the campus' learning resource centre. He discusses at length how he fell in love with the medium, what prompted him to build a graphic novel collection and how he went about it. See below for a list of additional resources mentioned in the discussion and provided by Paul. To stay up to date with ALIA Graphic, subscribe to our blog: https://aliagraphic.blogspot.com You can also follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALIAGraphic​Hit the subscribe button for our podcast and blog and please leave us a glowing review, it will make you feel warm and fuzzy and every little bit helps.Websites:ALIA Graphic's Why Comics? section on our main blog.Graphic Novels in the Classroom: A Teacher Roundtable (20016, October 9). Cult of Pedagogy.Videos:Brenner, R. (2019, December 12). Teach Graphix Week: Teaching with graphic novels [Video]. YouTube.Yang, G. (2016, December 3). TEDx Talk: Why comics belong in the classroom [Video]. YouTube.Articles:Alverson, B. (2014). Teaching with graphic novels. School Library Journal.  Jacobs, D. (2007). More than words: comics as a means of teaching multiple literacies. English Journal, Vol.96(3).Sandford, S. (2021). ‘Graphic medicine’: how autobiographical comics artists are changing our understanding of illness. The Conversation, August 11, 2021.Books:Abate, M. Torbox, G. (Eds).(2017). Graphic novels for children and young adults : a collection of critical essays. UP of Mississippi.Bakis, M. (2012). The graphic novel classroom : POWerful teaching and learning with images. Corwin. Jaffe, M. & Hurwich, T. (2019). Worth a thousand words : using graphic novels to teach visual and verbal literacy. Jossey-Bass.Kirtley, S., Garcia, A., & Carlson, P. (Eds). (2020). With great power comes great pedagogy : teaching, learning and comics. UP of Mississippi.Smith, S., & Alaniz, J. (Eds). (2019).  Uncanny bodies : superhero comics and disability. Pennsylvania State UP.Syma, C., & Weiner, R. (Eds). (2013). Graphic novels and comics in the classroom : essays on the educational power of sequential art. McFarland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.