Classroom Calypso
Giving Voice to the Voiceless
©2007
Textbook
XVIII,
372 Pages
Series:
Counterpoints, Volume 164
Summary
What happens when teachers «relinquish the authority of truth providers»? Ninth grader Sasha Pringle, one of the student voices in Classroom Calypso, asserts that such a self-effacing posture empowers students by «releasing the writer within,» thereby fostering a critical, creative, and reflective disposition. Winthrop R. Holder re-represents students not as marginalized beings merely absorbing information but as subjects taking center stage and inscribing themselves into history. On their literary pilgrimage seeking self-knowledge, students, employing tale-telling, recast their classroom as a symposium – a place where popular culture orchestrates the discourse. This is an invaluable book for educators, parents, and anyone interested in understanding and facilitating the voices of urban youth.
Details
- Pages
- XVIII, 372
- Publication Year
- 2007
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9780820451374
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- USA Lehramtsstudent Unterrichtsführung
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2007. XVIII, 372 pp.
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