{"product_id":"teaching-english-in-rural-communities-9781475849165","title":"Teaching English in Rural Communities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eShowcasing the voices, perspectives, and experiences of rural English teachers and students, Teaching English in Rural Communities promotes equity, diversity, and inclusivity within rural education. Specifically, this book develops a Critical Rural English Pedagogy (CREP), which draws attention to issues of power, representation, and justice related to rurality. Based on the assumption that rurality is a social construct, CREP critiques deficit-laden stereotypes and renderings of rural places and people that circulate in media, popular discourse, and even education at times. In doing so, CREP opens up possibilities for educators and students to use the English classroom as a space to better understand the complex issues they face as rural people and ways to promote more nuanced and comprehensive representations of rurality. In particular, this book highlights English rural classrooms whereby students examine representations of rurality in literary and media texts; decenter dominant \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword: Valerie Kinloch, PhD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface: Robert Petrone \u0026amp; Allison Wynhoff Olsen \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart One: Why a Critical Rural English Pedagogy?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One—Moving Toward a Critical Rural English Pedagogy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Petrone \u0026amp; Allison Wynhoff Olsen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Two: Inside Rural English Classrooms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two—We Ain’t Much to Look At: Teaching about Rurality through Literary Texts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlli Behrens, Robert Petrone, \u0026amp; Allison Wynhoff Olsen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three—Who has a “Place” in Place-Based Pedagogy?: Indigenizing Rural English \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEducation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelissa Horner, Robert Petrone, \u0026amp; Allison Wynhoff Olsen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four—Linking Local Communities to Critical Rural English Pedagogies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Reierson, Catherine Dorian, Robert Petrone, \u0026amp; Allison Wynhoff Olsen \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Three: Moving Forward\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five—Re-thinking Race\/ism \u0026amp; Rurality in English Education \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Petrone, Melissa Horner, \u0026amp; Allison Wynhoff Olsen \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six—Opportunities \u0026amp; Challenges in Moving Toward a Critical Rural English Pedagogy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Petrone \u0026amp; Allison Wynhoff Olsen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Assignment Sheet for Textbook Entry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Student Sample\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040290734423,"sku":"9781475849165","price":61.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781475849165.jpg?v=1750946280","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/teaching-english-in-rural-communities-9781475849165","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}