Interrogating Privilege: Reflections of a Second Language Educator - Brossura

Vandrick, Stephanie

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ISBN 10: 0472033948 ISBN 13: 9780472033942

Casa editrice: Univ of Michigan Pr, 2009

Riassunto

Interrogating Privilege is a welcome combination of personal essays and academic research, blending theory, analysis, and narrative to explore the function and consequences of privilege in second language education.

While teachers’ focus on the learning process and class goals are quite important, there is not enough attention paid to the types of privilege—or lack thereof—that individuals bring to the classroom.  Through chapters that can either stand alone or be read together, with topics such as gender, age, and colonialism (the author is the daughter of missionary parents) in second language teaching, this book seeks to address the experiences of teachers, scholars, and students as “whole persons” and to observe the workings of identity and privilege in the educational setting.

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One educator reflects on the challenges in her second language teaching career. Teachers and students don't come to the classroom as blank states; they bring their identities and experiences into the classroom with them. Understanding the ramifications of social hierarchies and the interactions they produce is one of the challenges in second language instruction. This book of essays offers a personal look at the way that gender, class, sexual identity, and age affect the teaching and learning experience, especially for second language learners. In "Interrogating Privilege", Stephanie Vandrick, a veteran ESL teacher and researcher, reflects on her experiences in academia as a starting point for a socio-cultural analysis. The daughter of missionaries, she discusses her childhood in India to her work with immigrant populations in California, recognizing the potential colonialism in both. These and other speculative explorations make this a provocative starting point for discussions among teachers in training, while the frank assessment of institutional successes and failures will resonate especially with seasoned educators.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Michigan Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0472033948
• ISBN 13: 9780472033942
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 182
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile