In order to make sense of all the data you collected about your school (both quantitatively and qualitatively), I want you to write an analysis of your school organized by the WHAT/HOW handout you used in class. The writing assignment should be posted to your blog by Thursday night at midnight. Please feel free to use a casual writing voice with lots of "I" references, but also make sure to proofread for basic writing conventions and flow.
Please include the following in your paper:
1) Introduction to your school/neighborhood (think of Kozol's introduction of coming into Mott Haven as a model)
2) A discussion of each of the four areas (Space, Curriculum, Pedagogy and Informal Interactions) with at least one example for each one.
3) Clear connection to how this school does or does not represent the demographics of the community (you can integrate this into the discussions above, or make a separate analysis section related to this issue)
4) At least one (but as many as possible) gestures to our course texts (this should be easy to do -- Johnson, Delpit, Kozol, Macintosh, Muwakkil, American Dream at Groton, Angry Eye).
Feel free to email me if you have any questions!
LB :)
2 comments:
Hi Dr. Bogad. I hope I did the context paper too your liking. I excluded Informal Interactions because I really have only seen the class in a learning atmosphere. I look forward to your advice. Tim
Dear Dr. Bogad, I don't believe that locks on the door would effect the children because it is probably all they know, it's unfortunately the norm for them. However I think it definitely effects teachers and parents. Showing up to a school that they have to lock doors because of safety concerns on the inside can give teachers the idea that it's not a safe community. This could definitely deter teachers from reaching out to parents and communicating effectively about their students causing them to suffer academically.
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