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Download full textBrown, Stephen G. – 1995
A compositionist teaching high school on an Athabascan Indian Reservation near Anchorage, Alaska, encountered considerable resistance from his students when attempting to see them through a college-prep program. Their initial hostility toward him masked their deep need for an adult role model who was not abusive, neglectful, or alcoholic. It was a…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Basic Writing
Slevin, James F., Ed.; Young, Art, Ed. – 1996
The 21 essays in this book interrogate one another as they explore the relationships among politics, curriculum, and pedagogy in contemporary classrooms and cultures. Critical theory, the book suggests, is generated in and through classroom practice, rather than imported from without. After an introduction by James F. Slevin and Art Young, essays…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Conflict, Critical Theory, Cultural Context
