African American literacies unleashed
Subtitle: vernacular English and the composition classroom
By: Arnetha F. Ball and Ted Lardner ; with a foreword by Keith Gilyard.
Contributors: Lardner, Ted.
Series: Studies in writing & rhetoric
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: African Americans -- Languages.; English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- United States.; English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching -- United States.; English language -- Study and teaching -- United States.; African Americans -- Education.; Black English -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: How we got here; title: Knowledge that needs to be gained : knowledge is important, but knowledge is not enough; title: Reflecting on the pedagogies of others : community-based organizations as models; title: Developing self-efficacy and reflective optimism : the process of moving beyond internalization; title: Playin' the dozens : principles and practices for crafting classrooms that unleash students' literate possibilities; title: Where we go from here : implications for writing program administrators, teacher educators, and researchers.