Description
Book SynopsisEncourages teachers to engage students in noticing and discussing harmful discourses about race, gender, and other identities. The authors take readers through a framework that includes knowledge about power, a critical learner stance, critical pedagogies, critical talk moves, and vulnerability.
Table of Contents
- Contents
- Foreword Rebecca Rogers ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- 1. Introduction 1
- Why Do We Need to Have Critical Conversations in Schools? 1
- Book Overview 3
- 2. What Do Critical Conversations Look Like in Schools? 11
- How are Critical Conversations Generative in ELA Classrooms? 13
- Theories that Support Critical Conversations 16
- Tensions of Critical Conversations 19
- 3. Building Knowledge About Power and Privilege: Confronting Dominant Narratives 23
- Are All Perspectives Equally Valid? 27
- Dominant Narratives of Gender and Sexuality 28
- The Dominant Narrative of Individualism 30
- Critical Conversations in Action: Intersections of Gender and Individualism 31
- 4. Engaging a Critical Learner Stance Through Racial Literacy 36
- Practicing Critical Self-Reflection 36
- What Is Critical Consciousness? 38
- Engaging a Critical Learner Stance Through Racial Literacy 41
- Strategies for Practicing a Critical Learner Stance 47
- Try It Out: Engaging a Critical Learner Stance to Change Teaching Practice 52
- 5. Preparing Students for Critical Conversations: Creating a Critical Space 54
- “Reading” Classroom Spaces with a Critical Lens 54
- Establishing a Classroom Culture for Critical Conversations 56
- Negotiating Tension and Modeling Repair 66
- 6. Making Meaning During Critical Conversations 73
- Humanizing 74
- Problematizing 78
- Resistance During Critical Conversations 81
- 7. Sustaining Critical Conversations Through Critical Talk Moves 90
- Critical Talk Moves 92
- Critical Conversations: Carson’s Critical Talk Moves 98
- Building Interactional Awareness about Critical Talk Moves 104
- 8. Studying Critical Conversations in Teacher Inquiry Groups Using Transcripts 106
- What are Inquiry Groups? 106
- What Did Teachers Say They Learned in the Inquiry Groups? 110
- What Did Teachers Say They Learned from Analyzing Classroom Talk? 111
- Final Thoughts 122
- References 125
- Index 135
- About the Authors 145
