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Glenn, Wendy J. – Action in Teacher Education, 2015
Reading and reflecting upon ethnically unfamiliar literature can provide opportunities for teacher candidates to critically examine assumptions of self and other relative to racial, cultural, and linguistic identities. However, ethnically unfamiliar literatures can be difficult for readers to understand and appreciate due to the aesthetics they…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Aesthetics, Race, Teaching Methods
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Vetter, Amy – Journal of Literacy Research, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine how a White teacher (Gina) responded to African American Language (AAL) in ways that situated students as valuable members of a high school English classroom. This 5-month qualitative study in a 10th grade classroom drew from positioning theory and discourse analysis to make sense of classroom interactions…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Secondary School Teachers, Whites, Physical Characteristics