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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-0017-8055
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Voices inside Schools: Capturing Authenticity, Transforming Perception--One Teacher's Efforts to Improve Her Students' Performance by Challenging Their Impressions of Self and Community
Marinell, William H.
Harvard Educational Review, v78 n3 p529-548 Fall 2008
In this Voices Inside Schools essay, William Marinell describes the efforts of a public school teacher to improve her students' writing by attempting to increase their connectivity to their community. By designing photojournalism projects that prompt students to capture their authentic experiences, the teacher hopes to challenge the students' negative perceptions of their community, which she believes have a negative effect on her students' performance in school. Marinell elaborates on the personal and pedagogical dilemmas that the teacher faced while engaged in this work and how her instructional objectives and pedagogical approaches evolved as she gained an appreciation for the complex issues that arise when teachers and students attempt to depict their community. (Contains 10 notes.)
Descriptors: Student Projects, Photojournalism, Writing Improvement, Public School Teachers, School Community Relationship, Population Trends, Immigrants, Limited English Speaking, Adjustment (to Environment), Self Concept, Stereotypes, Quality of Life, Social Environment, Social History, Urban Environment, Group Membership, Social Influences, Perspective Taking
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts
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