Cynthia Lewis

Literary Practices As Social Acts

Power, Status, and Cultural Norms in the Classroom

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Just as importantly, it will provide them with concrete examples of how the social politics of classroom discourse simultaneously shape, and are shaped by, such practices. Cynthia Lewis's solid grounding in classroom pedagogy comes through clearly, particularly in the way she is able to help her readers understand why any idealized notion of classroom community must give way to a more sensitive explanation of the assumptions underlying that concept. In this book, Lewis is at her finest--a

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Examines how the social and cultural contexts of classroom and community shape four classroom practices involving literature - read aloud, peer-led literature discussions, teacher-led literature discussions, & independent reading.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 162mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9780805836776
• ISBN-10: 0805836772
• Artikelnr.: 21570008

Autorenporträt

Cynthia Lewis

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. Foreword. Part I: Contexts. The Social Politics and
Performance of Literature. A Social Geography of the Classroom and
Surrounding Community. Part II: Literary Practices. Enacting Classroom
Culture Through the Ritual of Read-Aloud: What Do We Have in Common?
Negotiating Classroom Culture in Peer-Led Literature Discussions: What Are
Our Social Roles? Probing Cultural Norms in Teacher-Led Discussions: Why Do
We Believe What We Believe? Appropriating Cultural Norms Through
Independent Reading: What Will We Accept, Reject, or Reinvent. Part III:
Reflections and Implications for Pedagogy. Literary Practices as Social
Acts. Appendix: Methodology.