Shipka wants students to take a lot of responsibility in creating their projects. What happens when students don't want this kind of responsibility? Should they be required to take it on anyway, or should they have an option to choose a prompt that specifies things like structure & mode?
Inoue says that we cannot avoid the influence of race when we read & judge language. But the question, he says, is this: "how do we not let the stigmas determine the value and success of students
of color or non-white discourses in our classrooms, or in our programs, or
in our journals?" So, how do we accomplish this in the classroom?
Hey Michael,
ReplyDeleteI think that this is a great point and we need to think about. I think it would be very hard for that student, but if we give them good enough guidance and help( and give some examples) students can get over their initial shock and do their best work;