Journal article
Making space for choice, voice and critique: critical literacy workshop in the era of Trump
English teaching : practice and critique, Vol.17(1), pp.28-43
05/03/2018
DOI: 10.1108/ETPC-06-2017-0100
Abstract
Purpose This paper aims to consider how students and teachers engaged in political work in their design and enactment of critical literacy workshops in one US elementary school facing pressures of accountability and standardization.
Design/methodology/approach As a collaborative team of university researchers and classroom teachers, the authors used a qualitative, thematic approach to analyze data collected across a two-year, ethnographic case study.
Findings Drawing on Janks' (2012) conceptualization of p/Politics, this analysis identified three ways in which teachers approached their teaching politically: constructing flexible and broad definitions of readers and writers; blurring hierarchies between teachers, students and texts; and viewing literacy as a tool of power. In addition to elaborating on these themes, the findings illustrate how these political teaching practices supported students' engagement with explicitly Political topics.
Originality/value The era of Trump and fake news calls for people to not only start discussions about important social issues but also be able to engage in these discussions diplomatically and critically - in other words, to not only respond to the world but also to reconstruct it (Luke, 2004) and to imagine it better (Greene, 1995). This study offers a timely examination of ways to reshape reading and writing workshops in more critical ways, helping to prepare students for participation in the civic, career and personal worlds within and beyond school.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Making space for choice, voice and critique: critical literacy workshop in the era of Trump
- Creators
- Charlotte L. Land - The University of Texas at AustinLaura A. Taylor - Rhodes CollegeHaylee Lavender - Austin Independent School DistrictBarbara McKinnon - Austin Independent School District
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- English teaching : practice and critique, Vol.17(1), pp.28-43
- DOI
- 10.1108/ETPC-06-2017-0100
- ISSN
- 1175-8708
- eISSN
- 1175-8708
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing
- Number of pages
- 16
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/03/2018
- Academic Unit
- Teaching and Learning
- Record Identifier
- 9984949216302771
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