Classroom calypso : giving voice to the voiceless
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Classroom calypso : giving voice to the voiceless
（Counterpoints : studies in the postmodern theory of education, v. 164）
P. Lang, c2007
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Bibliography: p. [357]-364
Includes index
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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.
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