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Allison, Libby – English in Texas, 1995
Presents a teaching strategy that bridges expressivism and social constructionism. Discusses finding the sociopolitical and the cultural in the personal and describes seven steps centered on storytelling and autobiographical writing by which students connect their cultural backgrounds, their own individual ideas and values, and those of mainstream…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Class Activities, Cultural Differences, Higher Education