You're Not from around Here

Autor/in	Kilman, Carrie
Titel	You're Not from around Here
Quelle	In: Teaching Tolerance, (2012) 42, S.54-57 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-2847
Schlagwörter	Stereotypes; High School Students; Partnerships in Education; College School Cooperation; Regional Characteristics; Geographic Regions; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klischee; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Regionaler Faktor
Abstract	Adams-Friendship High School sits in the center of Wisconsin, a few miles east of a national wildlife refuge, surrounded by farmland. Vincent High School, in Milwaukee, sits near the northern edge of the city, a few blocks from a highway. Two schools in the same state, separated by a three-hour car ride and a mile-long list of assumptions about what people "over there" are like. Last spring, students from both schools spent a day together at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP). It was the culmination of an online literature class called the UWSP Connections Project, led by pre-service teachers in professor Barbara Dixson's English education course. In virtual classrooms, students read and discussed books that examined issues of race, class, and geography. The online interactions gave them a starting place--but when they met in person, students were nervous. On its surface, the Connections Project helps pre-service teachers practice their instruction skills. But at its core, the project accomplishes something far more fundamental: It helps students overcome stereotypes about other places and the people who live there. In this article, the author discusses the importance of challenging regional bias in the classroom. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Southern Poverty Law Center. 400 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36104. Tel: 334-956-8200; Fax: 334-956-8484; Web site: http://www.tolerance.org/teach/magazine/index.jsp
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10