Rethinking language arts
Subtitle: passion and practice
By: Nina Zaragoza.
Series: Garland reference library of social science ;; v. 1014.; Critical education practice ;; v. 9; Garland reference library of social science ;; v. 1014.; Garland reference library of social science.; v. 9.
Publisher: Garland Pub.
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Language arts -- United States.; Critical thinking -- Study and teaching -- United States.; Critical pedagogy -- United States.; Teachers -- Training of -- United States -- Philosophy.
Description: In Rethinking Language Arts: Passion and Practice, author Nina Zaragoza uses the form of letters to her students to engage pre-service teachers in reevaluating teaching practices, thus bringing to life a vision of an alternative classroom environment in which the teacher is the prime mover and creative leader. Zaragoza discusses and explains the need for teachers to be decision makers, reflective thinkers, political beings, and agents of social change in order to create a positive and inclusive classroom setting. This book is both a critical text that deconstructs the way language arts are traditionally taught in our schools as well as a visionary text with clear, no-nonsense directions on how to provide much needed change in our schools.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]) and index.