This pioneering study of African American students in the
composition classroom lays the groundwork for reversing the cycle
of underachievement that plagues linguistically diverse students.
"African American Literacies Unleashed: Vernacular English and the
Composition Classroom "approaches the issue of African American
Vernacular English (AAVE) in terms of teacher knowledge and
prevailing attitudes, and it attempts to change current pedagogical
approaches with a highly readable combination of traditional
academic discourse and personal narratives.
Realizing that composition is a particular form of social
practice that validates some students and excludes others, Arnetha
Ball and Ted Lardner acknowledge that many African American
students come to writing and composition classrooms with talents
that are not appreciated. To empower and inform practitioners,
administrators, teacher educators, and researchers, Ball and
Lardner provide knowledge and strategies that will help unleash the
potential of African American students and help them imagine new
possibilities for their successes as writers.
"African American Literacies Unleashed "asserts that necessary
changes in theory and practice can be addressed by refocusing
attention from teachers' knowledge deficits to the processes
through which teachers engage information relevant to culturally
informed pedagogy. Providing strategies for unlearning racism in
the classroom and changing the status quo, this volume stresses the
development and maintenance of a real sense of teaching
efficacy--teachers' beliefs in their abilities to connect with and
work effectively with all students--and reflective
optimism--teachers' informed expectationsthat all students have the
potential to succeed.
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