Discovering Voices

College Students and Middle Schoolers Explore Identities, Differences, and Connections through the Structure of a Poem

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7809574
AutoresAlison Cook‐sather (0000-0002-0116-7158, Bryn Mawr College), Alison Cook-Sather, Anne Kenealy (0000-0002-6432-0738), Maurice Rippel (Haverford College), Julia Beyer (Friends United)
Año2018
Volumen20
Número2
Páginas133-149
Fecha de publicación2018-06-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Multicultural Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1934-5267 • E-ISSN: 1934-5267
EditorialEastern University (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.18251/ijme.v20i2.1564
OpenAlexW2811203014
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas11

Co-authored by a college professor, a middle-school teacher, a college undergraduate, and a 7th grader, this article focuses on college and middle-school students’ experiences of discovering their own and others’ voices. The discovery unfolds through composing and reflecting on poems in the form of Jacqueline Woodson’s “it’ll be scary sometimes,” which focuses on the experience of being different. The students’ dis-covering of voices deepens their own and their teachers’ education and creates spaces, structures, and processes that affirm students’ diverse histories and identities. Honoring differences and finding connections in these ways contribute to greater equity and inclusiveness

Art · Literature · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Poetry · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Psychology · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies