Questions for discussion...
- What does Finn mean by "literacy with an attitude"?
- What are the four mechanisms contributing to the status quo?
- What is the "pretend-school model" vs. "real-school model"?
- How does Delpit's theories compare or contrast with Finn's?
- Would Kozol agree or disagree with Finn, and in what ways?
- In what ways would the Freirean model be possible in your classroom? Impossible?
- Delpit calls the breakdown in communication "the silenced dialogue"... what silences does Finn talk about, what causes it?
- Have you encountered "oppositional identity" in your classroom and how will you "deal with it" in the future having read Finn?
- Using Anyon's schools ( or the teachers in chapter 14) as models - which type of school did you attend, which do you teach in, which style do you think your own most closely relates to, and which is your goal now?
- Do you feel prepared to or how will you try to use dialogue (vs. antidialogue) in your classroom in the future? Would you consider using negotiations, culture circles, cultural journalism, read-around, and /or collective texts.
- Next January/February, how will you address the topics of civil rights history?
Excellent questions... I am particularly struck by the issue of Delpit's silenced dialogue in relation to this. YOu made me think!
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