Pre-Texts educational acupuncture: Literacy, innovation, and civics through arts

Pre-Texts is a methodology that integrates literature, innovation, and civic engagement to achieve strong impact at very low cost.

Students at all grade levels develop and strengthen literacy skills by interpreting texts through the creation of diverse forms of art. 

Transforming challenging texts into artistic productions, this innovative pedagogy, developed by Professor Doris Sommer, combines cognitive and socioemotional development and has demonstrated measurable gains in reading comprehension and mental health.

Through art, learning becomes an engaging and life-affirming experience.

About the Speaker

Olatz Etxebarria-Perez-de-Nanclares is a professor in the Department of Language and Literature Didactics at the University of the Basque Country and holds a PhD in Psychodidactics: Educational Psychology and Specific Didactics from the University of the Basque Country, including an international research stay at Harvard University.

She has 17 years of experience in various areas of education in the Basque Country, the United States, and Asia. Her main research interests include gender identity, special educational needs, and multilingual and multicultural educational environments. She has published in high-impact scientific journals and has been a speaker at national and international conferences. She is a committed advocate for diversity and for genuine inclusion.