Advocating for Social Justice through Script-Writing

Autor/in	Flemming, Stephen R.
Titel	Advocating for Social Justice through Script-Writing
Quelle	In: English Journal, 110 (2021) 3, S.33-39 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-8274
Schlagwörter	Advocacy; Scripts; Social Problems; Social Justice; Writing (Composition); Drama; English Instruction; Language Arts; Social Change; Student Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Learning Processes; English Teachers; Critical Thinking; Problem Solving; Writing Processes; Programming (Broadcast); Television; High School Students; Teacher Attitudes; Empathy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialanwaltschaft; Skript; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Schreibübung; Schauspiel; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Sprachkultur; Sozialer Wandel; Schülerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning process; Lernprozess; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Kritisches Denken; Problemlösen; Programmgestaltung; Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Lehrerverhalten; Empathie
Abstract	Having students read news articles or novels, watch television snippets, engage in class discussions, essay-writing, emailing, and drafting letters are excellent ways to broach any number of society's systemic and oppressive social maladies. Engaging in these activities in the English language arts classroom can serve as a catalyst to encourage students to advocate for change. Script-writing offers another approach for English language arts teachers to engage students in social justice-oriented teaching and learning. Scriptwriting also has the potential to coalesce the many skills English teachers seek to develop in their students, including critical thinking, problem solving, drafting, editing, revising, and publishing. The use of drama in the classroom, particularly script-writing, and perhaps the incorporation of some acting, are creative and nuanced approaches to identifying social issues and working toward solutions and action. In this article, Stephen Flemming explores why social justice-oriented teaching is critical for today's classrooms, how script-writing lends itself to the exploration of issues centered on social justice, and how he planned the details of a social justice script-writing project. Flemming also reflects on areas of the project that could be improved or enhanced. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01