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Grappling With Ideas: Adolescent Writers in a Rural African American Community
Author(s) -
Spence Lucy K.,
Walker Robert M.
Publication year - 2021
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.1122
Subject(s) - literacy , african american , curriculum , narrative , pedagogy , identity (music) , reading (process) , sociology , literacy education , psychology , political science , literature , anthropology , art , law , aesthetics
An African American teacher and students engaged in meaningful reading and writing that included African American literature. These literacy experiences allowed the development of cultural models through exploring identity, questioning dominant narratives, and building capacity for literary analysis. This study shows how meaningful literacy pedagogy for African American students can be implemented during the school day despite the pressures of a heavily constrained curriculum.