Why Is My Name in Your Mouth?: Linking Literacy and Violence Prevention in "The Safer Places Project.".

Tendero, Tony

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ERIC Number: EJ614531

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Publication Date: 2000

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Why Is My Name in Your Mouth?: Linking Literacy and Violence Prevention in "The Safer Places Project."

Tendero, Tony

English Education, v33 n1 p15-33 Oct 2000

Uses action research methods to describe one classroom in order to urge English educators to invite their students to participate in literacy and social action. Suggests ways that Mikhail Bakhtin's literary theory can help English teachers and English educators discover and better understand the link of word and deed. (NH)

Descriptors: Action Research, Daily Living Skills, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Response, English Teachers, Metalinguistics, Personal Narratives, Violence

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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