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My Life the Way I See It: Reconstructing Minoritized Youth With Disabilities as Critical Thinkers
Author(s) -
Leu Grace Shih-en
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of adolescent and adult literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1936-2706
pISSN - 1081-3004
DOI - 10.1002/jaal.1083
Subject(s) - critical consciousness , curriculum , narrative , consciousness , pedagogy , psychology , critical literacy , critical thinking , literacy , mathematics education , linguistics , philosophy , neuroscience
The author looked closely at students’ artifacts as a way to consider how students with disabilities engage in critical literacy to develop critical consciousness of their worlds and re‐create positive identities of themselves. Findings include how high school minoritized students with disabilities create counternarratives that reject dominant narratives of their identities as underachievers and academically deficient. Students’ work revealed their critical consciousness of problems within policing and urban schooling and reconstructed themselves as academically successful, persistent in overcoming difficulties, and hopeful of a positive future. Significance for educators includes the possibilities of teaching students with disabilities using a general education curriculum.