Author:
Kuby, Candace R. (Candace Ross)
Imprint:New York : Teachers College Press, [2013]
Descriptionxix, 137 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:pt. I Histories, Contexts, Ideologies, And Pedagogical Beliefs -- 1.Theories and Methodologies of Consciousness-Raising -- Autoethnography -- Critical Sociocultural Theory and Critical Literacy -- Moments of Consciousness-Raising: Unpacking Histories and Ideologies with Whiteness Theory -- Critical Literacy with Relatively Affluent Young Children? -- A Note on Criticalness and Power -- 2.Constructing Privilege as a Child: Autoethnography as a Process of Consciousness-Raising -- My Histories -- Experiences of Othering -- 3.Students as Co-Inquirers: Our Critical Literacy Inquiry -- Contextualizing Spaces and Faces: The Program Site and Children -- Curriculum Overview -- Wrestling with Critical Literacy Teaching -- pt. II Moments Of Consciousness-RaIsing -- 4.Witnessing: What Do You Do with What You See and Know? -- Flashbacks: Personal Narratives with Witnessing -- Who is Responsible for Acting on What They Witness? -- Moments of Consciousness-Raising -- 5.Whiteness: How Was Curriculum Shaped by My Histories? -- Connecting the Playground Bench Incident with Rosa Parks -- Flashback: A Personal Narrative with Whiteness and Segregation -- Living Out Whiteness in Dialogues -- Moments of Consciousness-Raising -- 6.What Is a Negotiated Critical Literacy Inquiry? -- Flashbacks: Personal Narratives of Experiencing Dogmatic Teaching -- Tensions of Planning a Curriculum Based on Student Interests -- Inquiries That Did Not Become a Part of the Curriculum -- Moments of Consciousness-Raising -- 7."We, Them, White, Black": What Language Should Educators Use? -- Flashback: A Personal Narrative of Othering Through Language -- Language to Downplay Injustices -- Managing the Children's Language -- "Easy Answers" to Tough Questions -- "We, Them, White, Black, Brown": Who Am I Referring To? -- New Vocabulary -- Verbal Role-Play: Hedging Around with Possibilities -- Moments of Consciousness-Raising -- 8.We Didn't Approach Mrs Adams: Can Social Action Be Embodied Over Time and Space? -- Social Action Through Multimodal Literacies -- Moments of Consciousness-Raising -- 9.Tensions as Productive Resources: Consciousness-Raising as an Ongoing Process -- Moments of Uncertainty -- Living Out Critical Literacy Teaching -- Making Sense of Tensions as Resources -- Life as Autoethnography -- Children's Book References -- Scholarly References.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-129) and index.
