Subverting the Secondary English Language Arts Classroom

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

In this symposium, authors of three papers present approaches to subverting their secondary English Language Arts (ELA) curricula. Authors include teacher educators as well as in-service, practicing secondary teachers. Presentations span 15-20 minutes and address positionalities that influence their teaching; the theoretical foundations of their work; the traditional ELA convention their study addresses; and their subversive approach to disrupting this ELA convention. Presentations conclude with implications for practice. Symposia organizers will offer remarks on the commonalities of the presentations, highlighting the successes and challenges of subversive ELA teaching. Audience comments and questions are encouraged.

Sub Unit

• Division C - Learning and Instruction / Division C - Section 1b: Humanities, Social Sciences, Fine Arts

Chair

• Brandon L. Sams, Iowa State University

Papers

• Subverting the Canon Through Culturally Relevant Young Adult Literature Circles - Sandra Saco, Arizona State University; Sybil Durand, University of Arizona

• We Write Here: Academic Movement in the Writing and Being of Black Learners - Latrise P. Johnson, University of Alabama

• Reciprocating Care and Vulnerability in English Language Arts Classrooms Through a Pedagogy of Tenderness - Stephanie Anne Shelton, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Tamara Brooks, The American School of Belo Horizonte

Discussant

• Jeanne Dyches, Iowa State University