Full Description
The first edition of Acts of Resistance: Subversive Teaching in the English Language Arts (ELA) Classroom won the 2021 Society of Professors of Education's Outstanding Book Award and garnered other nominations. The second edition includes a foreword by Ashley Hope Pérez, author of the young adult literature novel Out of Darkness, one of the most frequently banned books across U.S. classrooms. Four new chapters reflect sociopolitical changes since the book's publication, including a widespread, coordinated uptick in the banning of books centering authors and characters from marginalized communities; the COVID-19 pandemic and with it, increased acts of violence against folks identifying as Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander; the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless other victims of police brutality; the January 6th insurrection; the closing of the Trump era; the passing of anti-CRT and anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation; and a "school choice" movement that defunds public schools, deprofessionalizes educators, and places democracy in peril. Chapters specifically illustrate the storied practices of subversive teachers across the 6-12 ELA context. They provide educators with instructional ideas on how to do anti-oppressive work while also meeting traditional ELA disciplinary elements.
Contents
Foreword - Ashley Hope Pérez
Introduction: What is Subversive Disciplinary Literacy? - Jeanne Dyches, Brandon Sams, Ashley S. Boyd
Chapter 1 - We Write Here: Uncovering/Demystifying Academic Movement in the Writing/Being of Black Youth - Latrise Johnson
Chapter 2 - We Are Not the Same, We Deserve to be Seen: Diverse Asian American Text Sets as Resistance - Betina Hsieh and Jung Kim
Chapter 3 - Reciprocating Care and Vulnerability through a Pedagogy of Tenderness: Resistance and Transformation in ELA Classrooms - Stephanie Anne Shelton and Tamara Brooks
Chapter 4 - Subverting the Canon through Culturally Relevant Young Adult Literature & Student Choice - Sandra Saco and E. Sybil Durand
Chapter 5 - Black Words Matter: Bending Literary CloseReading toward Justice - Scott Storm
Chapter 6 - Arguing for Empathy: Subverting the Teaching of Argumentation - Crystal Sogar and Melanie Shoffner
Chapter 7 - "Well, I Took it There": Subversive Teaching to (Disrupt) the Test - Leah Panther and Selena Hughes
Chapter 8 - Inquiry Ignites! Pushing Back Against Traditional Literacy Instruction - Jill Stedronsky and Kristen Hawley Turner
Chapter 9 - "Climb into their skin": Whiteness and the Subversion of Perspective - Anna Mae Tempus and Carey Applegate
Chapter 10 - Making "Safe" and Subversive Space for Students' Lives Through Open Mic - Caroline T. Clark and Jill M. Williams
Chapter 11 - The Responsible Change Project: Subverting the Standardized English Language Arts Curriculum - Heather Coffey and Steve Fulton
Chapter 12 - Disability as Pedagogy: Vulnerability as a Social Justice Tool - Katie Roquemore
Chapter 13 - Gender Bending the Curriculum: Queer Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare in the High School - Ryan Burns and Janine Boiselle
Chapter 14 - Interrupting "Single Stories": Using SociallyJust Media Texts to Teach Rhetorical Analysis - Lori Garcia and Michael Manderino
Chapter 15 - Can We Talk?: Promoting Anti-Oppressive Futures for Girls of Color through a Social Justice Enrichment Program - Dorothy E. Hines, Jemimah Young, RossinaZamora Liu, and Diana Wandix-White
Chapter 16 - "Why Can't They Test Us on This?" A Framework for Transforming Intensive Reading Instruction - Amanda Lacy and Angela M. Kohnen
Chapter 17 - The Case of Courtenay: Subversive Resistance in English Teacher Evaluation - Meghan A. Kessler and Angela L. Masters
About the Authors
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