"We Shall Take Their Children Away and Rear Them to the Fatherland": A Critical Discourse Analysis of a "Parent Advocacy" Group

Autor/inn/en	Lathrop, Benjamin; Wessel Powell, Christy
Titel	"We Shall Take Their Children Away and Rear Them to the Fatherland": A Critical Discourse Analysis of a "Parent Advocacy" Group
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 18 (2022) 2, (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Political Attitudes; Ethics; Deception; Conflict; Public Health; COVID-19; Pandemics; Social Emotional Learning; Critical Race Theory; Discourse Analysis; Parent Attitudes; Advocacy; News Reporting; Teaching Methods; Critical Literacy; Literacy Education; Public Schools; Educational Policy; Barriers; Social Media; Parent Participation; Organizations (Groups); Decision Making; Video Technology; Racism; Social Bias; Speeches; Boards of Education; Meetings; Elementary Secondary Education; Child Rearing; Indiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Ethik; Täuschung; Konflikt; Gesundheitswesen; Diskursanalyse; Elternverhalten; Sozialanwaltschaft; News report; Reportage; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kritisches Lesen; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Soziale Medien; Elternmitwirkung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Rassismus; Ausschuss; Meeting; Tagung; Kindererziehung
Abstract	The rise of right-wing populism, embodied in the figure of Donald Trump, has been characterized by conspiracy theories, "fake news," and other forms of mis- and disinformation in what has been described as a "post-truth" era. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this problem, and national conflicts around appropriate content, methods, and modes of schooling often involved disinformation circulated in school board meetings and other local contexts during the 2021-2022 school year. In this study, we adopt a critical literacy lens and take up the tools of discourse analysis to examine the rhetoric of post-truth, conspiracy-oriented groups opposed to public health mandates, critical race theory (CRT), and social emotional learning (SEL) in public schools. Our discourse analysis of Purple for Parents Indiana (P4PI), a local advocacy group, suggests that P4PI and similar groups are engaging in "cosmetic criticality," a project superficially resembling critical literacy that poses a unique challenge to public education--a challenge literacy scholars and teacher educators must confront. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Georgia. 315 Aderhold Hall, Athens, GA 30602. Tel: 706-542-7866; Fax: 706-542-3817; e-mail: jolle@uga.edu; Web site: http://jolle.coe.uga.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01