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We Always Talk About Race”

Navigating Race Talk Dilemmas in the Teaching of Literature

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13683066
AutoresEbony Elizabeth Thomas (0000-0003-1060-7394, University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School, autor de correspondencia)
Año2015
Volumen50
Número2
Páginas154-175
Fecha de publicación2015-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaResearch in the Teaching of English (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0034-527X • E-ISSN: 1943-2348
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.58680/rte201527600
OpenAlexW2613553726
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas26

There is considerable confusion in contemporary society when it comes to talking about race.Because of this confusion, race talk in schools can be fraught with difficulty, leading to problematic conversations, disconnections, and ultimately student disengagement. While studies in psychology, sociology, and linguistics have considered the role of race in discourse, there have been fewer of these investigations in English education, especially research on the teaching of literature. This article looks closely at the classroom talk of two veteran English teachers’ one an African American man, the other a White woman’ in a racially diverse high school, showing how teachers employ different strategies to navigate similarly fraught conversations. Taking an interactional ethnographic approach, I demonstrate ways that conversations about race that emerged from literature units in both classrooms opened up opportunities for some students to participate, while constraining and excluding others. The results of the study revealed that the two teachers navigated these dilemmas through tactical and strategic temporary alignments of actions and discourse, but in both classes, silence and evasion characterized moments of racial tension. As a growing number of researchers and teacher educators provide workshops and materials for teachers interested in classroom discourse studies, supporting new and experienced teachers’ investigations in this area may ultimately prove fruitful not only for teaching and learning, but also for race relations

Curriculum · Ideology · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Law · Literacy, Media, and Education · Reading and Literacy Development

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Intervalo de citas2017 - 2026 (10)
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