Critical Perspectives on Teaching in the Southern United States: : Allison M. Bernard: Lexington Books

Critical Perspectives on Teaching in the Southern United States

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Critical Perspectives on Teaching in the Southern United States presents provocative insights into education in the Southern United States, from the perspective of educators. This book foregrounds the Southern United States’ unique sociopolitical, sociohistorical, and sociocultural contexts which directly influence knowledge and classroom pedagogies. Contributors use critical frameworks that coalesce around methods including: self-reflection, social justice, and culturally responsive/relevant/sustaining, and asset-based pedagogies. Chapters explore salient topics such as race, language, gender, discrimination, identity, immigration, poverty, social justice, and their influence(s) on pedagogy. This book raises complex questions considering how history has shaped present-day education in the Southern U.S. context.

Part 1: Sociohistorical Foundations
Chapter 1: Introduction: The Sociohistorical Context of Public Education in the Southern United States-Natalie Keefer and Tori K. Flint
Chapter 2: Theorizing Education and Human Rights in the Southern United States-Natalie Keefer
Part 2: Reflections from the Field
Chapter 3: Through their Eyes: Promoting Voice and Multiple Perspectives to Facilitate Social Justice Advocacy in the South-Gregory L. Samuels and Brandon J. Haas
Chapter 4: ‘Unscripting’ the Curriculum: A Teacher’s Reflections on Moving toward Culturally Relevant Pedagogy-Allison M. Bernard and Tori K. Flint
Chapter 5: Disrupting the Silence: Teaching about Racism in Higher Education in the Deep South-Amy Samuels
Chapter 6: “It’s Like Boiling a Frog": Deintellectualization and Devaluation through the Eyes of a Black Woman Academician in the Deep South-Valin S. Jordan
Chapter 7: Swimming Against the Current in a Sea of Low Expectations: Louisiana Teachers Building Their Own Professional Capital-Melissa A. Gallagher and Catherine J. Melancon
Chapter 8: Politically Charged Classroom Conversations: A Duoethnographic Exploration of Teaching in a Swing State-Andrea Watson-Canning and Sarah M. Denney
Part 3: Pedagogy and Content
Chapter 9: “It Hasn’t Happened Yet, It Hasn’t even Begun Yet”: Teaching about Southern Politics-Mark Pearcy and Jeremiah Clabough
Chapter 10: “Isn’t it peachy?”: The Successes and Pitfalls of Teaching Complicated Topics in 8th Grade Georgia Studies-Scott L. Roberts, Brandon M. Butler, Charles J. Elfer, David T. Kendrick, and Valerie Widdall
Chapter 11: Real Stories, Real People: Foot Soldiers Laboring for the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama-Janie Hubbard and Cory Callahan
Part 4: Borders and Boundaries: Language, Immigration, and Identity
Chapter 12: A Self-Study through Video Portraiture: The Emotional Dimensions of Funds of Knowledge in the Southeastern Borderlands-Eliza D. Butler and Jessica Espinosa
Chapter 13: “In school I really feel American”: Complicating American Identity-In-Practice in a Rural Southern Elementary School-Matthew M. Green
Chapter 14: “The New Diversity Challenge”: Exploring Louisiana Educators’ Preparedness to Teach English Learners-Maria Isolina Bravo-Ruiz
Appendices
About the Contributors

Product details

Published	Oct 21 2020
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	258
ISBN	9781793614124
Imprint	Lexington Books
Illustrations	5 tables
Dimensions	9 x 6 inches
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Tori K. Flint

Anthology Editor

Natalie Keefer

Contributor

Allison M. Bernard

Contributor

María Isolina Bravo-Ruiz

Contributor

Brandon M. Butler

Contributor

Eliza D. Butler

Contributor

Cory Callahan

Contributor

Jeremiah Clabough

Contributor

Sarah M. Denney

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Charles J. Elfer

Contributor

Jessica Espinosa

Contributor

Tori K. Flint

Contributor

Melissa A. Gallagher

Contributor

Matthew M. Green

Contributor

Brandon J. Haas

Contributor

Janie Hubbard

Contributor

Valin S. Jordan

Contributor

Natalie Keefer

Contributor

David T. Kendrick

Contributor

Catherine J. Melancon

Contributor

Mark Pearcy

Contributor

Scott L. Roberts

Contributor

Amy Samuels

Contributor

Gregory L. Samuels

Contributor

Valerie Widdall

In this historical moment, this volume allows us to re-conceptualize how teaching can become a space for countering enduring and entrenched narratives around race, identity, poverty, and social justice. The volume situates the Southern United States within a unique sociohistorical context and uncovers transformative pedagogies that are deeply responsive to communities and to students. This is a book that is bold in its stance and that allows the voices of educators to define the landscape of teaching and learning.

Norma González, University of Arizona
In Critical Perspectives on Teaching in the Southern United States, Keefer and Flint have assembled some powerful voices on the practice and promise of teaching in the U.S. South. Starting with a sweeping, but comprehensive discussion of the sociohistorical context of public education in the South, the co-editors cast an unflinching eye on how Jim Crow legislation impacted schooling and how these laws continue to affect students’ educational experiences. From there, the essays in this well-curated book explore classroom spaces, advocacy work, identity politics, and more. A must-read for any educator interested in the confluence of schooling, history, and policy.

Bárbara Cruz, University of South Florida