A Counterstory of One's Own
Using Counterstorytelling to Engage Students With the British Canon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15016325 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeanne Dyches Bissonnette (corresponding author), Jocelyn Glazier (0000-0002-3355-3491) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 685-694 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1081-3004 • E-ISSN: 1936-2706 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/jaal.486 |
| OpenAlex | W1943904172 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 32 |
Nationwide, virtually all secondary students interact with British literature, a traditionally Anglo, white, male canon. Yet, this revered curriculum provides few mirrors for students from historically marginalized populations to see their own cultures reflected. In this reflective practitioner piece, the authors first illustrate how counterstorytelling—a practice emerging from critical race theory—can break open the canon. Because counterstorytelling invites, values, and projects marginalized voices, when incorporated into the secondary English classroom, the practice helps engage students with the material while developing and honing their literacy skills. Second, the authors detail a lesson demonstrating that the canon and counterstorytelling can work synergistically. Throughout the article, the authors attend to the challenges of using an equity pedagogy to teach a canon that functions as the majoritarian story of the secondary literacy classroom—and society at large. Finally, the authors offer strategies for effectively incorporating counterstorytelling into the secondary English classroom
Curriculum · Equity (law · Literacy · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Secondary education · Sociology · White (mutation · Critical Race Theory in Education · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Literacy, Media, and Education · Psychology
Curriculum as Conversation
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Teacher Thinking
Who's Afraid of Critical Race Theory?
Toward a Theory of Teacher Education for Social Justice
Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education
Critical Conversations on Whiteness With Young Adult Literature
It's Not on the List
The Truth in the Tale
Reading Is About Relating
Joy and the “Smart Kids”
Critical Literature Pedagogy
Multicultural Literature and Discussion as Mirror and Window
Complementary methods for research in education
Exploring Whiteness and Multicultural Education with Prospective Teachers
Exposing Color Blindness/Grounding Color Consciousness
Color Blindness and Basket Making Are Not the Answers
Making Curriculum from Scratch
Storytelling for Oppositionists and Others
Stories of Experience and Narrative Inquiry
Toward a Theory of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
Preparing Culturally Responsive Teachers
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
Critical Race Methodology
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |