Journal article
FROM THE GUEST COEDITORS
English journal, Vol.111(4), pp.9-11
High school edition
03/01/2022
Abstract
Social class standing, class-based differences, and the effects of those differences show up in English language arts classrooms, invited or not. Working-class students feel the effects of middleclass expectations in schools-expectations demonstrated through perfect-attendance awards ceremonies (Bettie) and projects requiring outside-of-school time and expensive materials (Braden). Students feel the effects of their social class--sometimes wrapped together with other facets of their identities, such as race or language--when asked to produce writing and when evaluated for it. And stories of social class difference, of class-based injuries, of striving to perform an unfamiliar class identity--stories such as the ones in The House on Mango Street, Pride and Prejudice, The Bluest Eye, Great Expectations, and The Great Gatsby--dominate our curricula. At the same time, we knew from our teaching and our research that social class is not just about money and power. Instead, as Lindquist suggests, social class is something people feel.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- FROM THE GUEST COEDITORS
- Creators
- Sophia Tatiana SarigianidesAmanda Haertling Thein
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- English journal, Vol.111(4), pp.9-11
- Edition
- High school edition
- Publisher
- National Council of Teachers of English
- ISSN
- 0013-8274
- eISSN
- 2161-8895
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2022
- Academic Unit
- Graduate College Admin and Gen; Teaching and Learning
- Record Identifier
- 9984226810302771
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