Critical Classrooms: Using Artists' Lives to Teach Young Students Social Groups, Power, and Privilege

Autor/in	Silva, Janelle M.
Titel	Critical Classrooms: Using Artists' Lives to Teach Young Students Social Groups, Power, and Privilege
Quelle	In: Urban Education, 47 (2012) 4, S.776-800 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-0859
DOI	10.1177/0042085912441187
Schlagwörter	Multicultural Education; Educational Experiments; Ethnography; Power Structure; Advantaged; Experiential Learning; Artists; African Americans; Poetry; Elementary School Teachers; Elementary School Students; Grade 1; Interviews; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Multikulturelle Erziehung; Schulversuch; Ethnografie; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Artiste; Artist; Künstler; Künstlerin; Afroamerikaner; Lyrik; Poesie; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Kalifornien
Abstract	This article uses data from a 9-month ethnography in California to illustrate how elementary teacher's decision to reenact Jane Elliott's "A Class Divided" experiment, in conjunction with an artist-centered multicultural curriculum, shifted classroom conversations to a more critical dialogue of social groups, power, and privilege. Data illustrate how this approach to learning about diversity and difference can facilitate development of students' critical consciousness at the elementary school level. Student interviews and an interview with the classroom teacher are also used to triangulate findings. The article concludes with suggestions as to how teachers can create critical spaces in their own classrooms. (Contains 1 figure and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10