ERIC Number: EJ1030407
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 21
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Teaching the Power of the Word
Vanover, Charles
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), v27 n7 p922-942 2014
This ethnodrama communicates the lived experience of an outstanding teacher of English who worked in the Chicago Public Schools for more than 20 years. Excerpts from three semi-structured interviews have been constructed into a one-woman show that uses music, dance, and the art of theater to convey the spiritual beauty of ambitious, urban teaching and to challenge and enlighten researchers, teachers, and the public-at-large "in a manner that cannot be dismissed." Lessons, relationships, and the joy and suffering of schoolwork come to life on stage. The script is accompanied by a poem by Ruth Nicole Brown that discusses the ethnodrama in relation to culturally responsive pedagogy.
Descriptors: English Teachers, Public School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Urban Teaching, Teaching Experience, Semi Structured Interviews, Theater Arts, Music, Dance, Culturally Relevant Education, Poetry
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Creative Works; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Illinois
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