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Classroom Calypso : Giving Voice to the Voiceless

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What happens when teachers relinquish the authority of truth providers? Ninth grader Sasha Pringle, one of the student voices in Classroom Calypso, asserts that such a self-effacing posture empowers students by releasing the writer within, thereby fostering a critical, creative, and reflective disposition. Winthrop R. Holder re-represents students not as marginalized beings merely absorbing information but as subjects taking center stage and inscribing themselves into history. On their literary pilgrimage seeking self-knowledge, students, employing tale-telling, recast their classroom as a symposium - a place where popular culture orchestrates the discourse. This is an invaluable book for educators, parents, and anyone interested in understanding and facilitating the voices of urban youth.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780820451374
  • ISBN-10: 0820451371
  • Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
  • Publish Date: February 2007
  • Page Count: 370

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