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.
| ISBN: | 9780820451374 |
| Publication date: | 9th February 2007 |
| Author: | Winthrop R Holder |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 370 pages |
| Series: | Counterpoints |
| Genres: |
Educational strategies and policy Educational administration and organization Secondary schools Teaching of students with different educational needs |