Genocide Literature in Middle and Secondary Classrooms

Rhetoric, Witnessing, and Social Action in a Time of Standards and Accountability

Sarah Donovan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

178 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-65723-6 (ISBN)

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This inquiry into the ethical implications of education reform on reading practices asks what is lost, hidden, or marginalized in the name of progress? The author shows how genocide literature illuminates the ethics of reading and helps teachers and students rethink how literature should be taught and the purposes of education more broadly.

At the heart of this inquiry into the ethical implications of education reform on reading practices in middle and secondary classrooms, the central question is what is lost, hidden, or marginalized in the name of progress? Drawing on her own experiences as an English teacher during the No Child Left Behind era, the author examines school cultures focused on meeting standards and measurable outcomes. She shows how genocide literature illuminates the ethics of reading and helps teachers and students rethink how literature should be taught in this modern, globalized era and the purposes of education more broadly.

Sarah J. Donovan teaches middle school English in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, USA, and is an adjunct at DePaul University (Social and Cultural Foundations in Education), USA.

Contents

Preface

Part I: Mandates

The Education of a Teacher: The First Year

Reading and Meeting a Mandate to Study Genocide
Part II: Rhetoric, Witnessing, and the Witness

The Rhetoric of the Word: A Case Study of Bosnia Herzegovina

Reading Testimony: Witnessing and the Witness
Part III: Rhetorical Appeals in Fiction

The Rhetoric and Aesthetic of Fiction in Genocide Literature

The Ethics of a Child Narrator

Emotional Appeals, Trauma, and Aesthetic Pleasure

Rational Appeals and Didacticism
Part IV: Into the Classroom

The Writing Workshop
A Teacher’s Testimony: Michael Krzysztofiak

Whole-Class Reading, Research, and Activism
A Teacher’s Testimony: Elaine Vogel

The Reading Workshop
A Teacher’s Testimony: Sumer Samano

Assessment: No More Numbers and Letters
A Teacher’s Testimony: Amy Estanislao

Conclusion: The Education of a Teacher Continues

Erscheinungsdatum	24.11.2016
Zusatzinfo	6 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	385 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Sekundarstufe I+II
ISBN-10	1-138-65723-9 / 1138657239
ISBN-13	978-1-138-65723-6 / 9781138657236
Zustand	Neuware