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Genocide Literature in Middle and Secondary Classrooms: Rhetoric, Witnessing, and Social Action in a Time of Standards and Accountability book cover

1st Edition

Genocide Literature in Middle and Secondary Classrooms Rhetoric, Witnessing, and Social Action in a Time of Standards and Accountability

By Sarah Donovan Copyright 2017
168 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge
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At the heart of this inquiry into the ethical implications of education reform on reading practices in middle and secondary classrooms, the central question is what is lost, hidden, or marginalized in the name of progress? Drawing on her own experiences as an English teacher during the No Child Left Behind era, the author examines school cultures focused on meeting standards and measurable... Read more

Contents

Preface

Part I: Mandates

  1. The Education of a Teacher: The First Year

  2. Reading and Meeting a Mandate to Study Genocide

    3. Part II: Rhetoric, Witnessing, and the Witness

  3. The Rhetoric of the Word: A Case Study of Bosnia Herzegovina

  4. Reading Testimony: Witnessing and the Witness

    5. Part III: Rhetorical Appeals in Fiction

  5. The Rhetoric and Aesthetic of Fiction in Genocide Literature

  6. The Ethics of a Child Narrator

  7. Emotional Appeals, Trauma, and Aesthetic Pleasure

  8. Rational Appeals and Didacticism

    9. Part IV: Into the Classroom

  9. The Writing Workshop

    10. A Teacher’s Testimony: Michael Krzysztofiak

  10. Whole-Class Reading, Research, and Activism

    11. A Teacher’s Testimony: Elaine Vogel

  11. The Reading Workshop

    12. A Teacher’s Testimony: Sumer Samano

  12. Assessment: No More Numbers and Letters

    13. A Teacher’s Testimony: Amy Estanislao

  13. Conclusion: The Education of a Teacher Continues

Biography

Sarah J. Donovan teaches middle school English in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, USA, and is an adjunct at DePaul University (Social and Cultural Foundations in Education), USA.

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