A Culturally Responsive Alternative to "Drill and Kill" Literacy Strategies: Deep Roots, Civil Rights

Autor/in	Peterson, Deborah S.
Titel	A Culturally Responsive Alternative to "Drill and Kill" Literacy Strategies: Deep Roots, Civil Rights
Quelle	In: Multicultural Perspectives, 16 (2014) 4, S.234-239 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1521-0960
DOI	10.1080/15210960.2014.951489
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Culturally Relevant Education; Literacy Education; Civil Rights; State Standards; Academic Achievement; Student Motivation; Racial Bias; Disadvantaged Schools; Poverty; High School Students; Urban Schools; Student Diversity; Critical Theory; Curriculum Implementation; Team Sports; Competition; Field Trips; Alabama + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Schulleistung; Schulische Motivation; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Armut; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Kritische Theorie; Mannschaftssport; Wettkampf; Exkursion
Abstract	This article describes two approaches to improving literacy in a high poverty, diverse urban high school. One curriculum program, "Striving Readers," included a prescribed course of study for students reading below grade level along with schoolwide strategies. This approach did not improve targeted students' reading scores or motivation to read. The alternative approach, "Deep Roots: Civil Rights," was a culturally responsive curriculum that had a strong impact on the identified students' academic development as well as their understanding of racism in this country. An examination of "Striving Readers" and "Deep Roots: Civil Rights" projects provides insight into the impact of the curriculum on student achievement and motivation. At a time when many schools are implementing the Common Core State Standards, this article is a reminder that a compelling, rigorous, culturally responsive curriculum best serves all our nation's schoolchildren. Projects such as "Deep Roots: Civil Rights" provide an effective alternative or complement to prescribed reading programs. (As Provided).
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