52.039 - Critical Language Awareness in Action: Examining Poetry Inside Out From the Perspective of Youth Researchers, Teacher Researchers, and University-Based Researchers

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium presents multiple perspectives on the implementation of Poetry Inside Out (PIO) as a site for the development of critical language awareness. Four papers analyze different facets of teacher and student discourse and, together, address the overall questions that guide the research: What are the key features of PIO that promote critical language awareness in both teachers and students? Under what circumstances does language awareness become a form of social action? These papers address the challenges and possibilities of supporting critical language awareness in action – within the classroom, and as an enduring aspect of students’ identities in the world. The symposium is structured with empirical papers, audience participation in translating a poem, and discussant remarks.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 3: Social Context of Multiple Languages and Literacies

Chair

• Marty Rutherford, The Center for the Art of Translation

Papers

• Researching Language, Nurturing Voices: Collaborative Engagement and Knowledge Building in Poetry Inside Out - Sarah Michaels, Clark University

• Poetry Inside Out as Professional Development Toward Pedagogical Language Knowledge Growth Among Urban Teachers - Tomas Galguera, Mills College; Katherine Schultz, Mills College

• "A Word Can Have Two Meanings": Poetry Inside Out as a Site for Youth Research on Language - Jie Yie Park, Clark University

• Two Meanings of "Culture Building" in the Classroom: Viewing Cultural and Linguistic Differences as Assets and Helping Students Build Enduring Capacities for Democratic Discourse - Courtney B. Cazden, Harvard University

Discussant

• Guadalupe Valdes, Stanford University