ERIC Number: EJ834607
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Sep
Pages: 9
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-1541-1796
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Quilting for Social Change
Wattsjohnson, Yolanda M.
Teaching Artist Journal, v3 n3 p175-183 Sep 2005
This article describes a method of constructivist pedagogy resembling the quilting process. Inspired by the work of Faith Ringgold, a story quilt was created in two sections of a teacher training social studies methods class. Each class created a story quilt to demonstrate the connection between the power of story, research, and technology--the quilting method became a metaphor for learning. This process and the reflection in which the teachers engaged became a new way of understanding the practice of constructivism in education. It also illustrated the benefits of this method as a vehicle to help negotiate the barriers of race, class, and cultural bias that resist efforts to create more socially just school communities. (Contains 1 table and 2 endnotes.)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Story Telling, Figurative Language, Social Change, Teaching Methods, Social Studies, Handicrafts, Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Research, Student Projects, Cooperative Learning, Information Technology, Barriers, Racial Factors, Social Class, Cultural Influences, Social Bias, Racial Bias
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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