"All White Americans in the County" and Other Loaded Subjects: Race, Community, and Morality in a Second Grade Classroom

Autor/in	Schaenen, Inda L.
Titel	"All White Americans in the County" and Other Loaded Subjects: Race, Community, and Morality in a Second Grade Classroom
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Character Education, 8 (2010) 2, S.87-105 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1543-1223
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Students; African American Students; Urban Schools; Classroom Communication; Labeling (of Persons); Grade 2; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Race; Racial Identification; Black Dialects; Moral Values; Altruism; Empathy; Sociocultural Patterns; Cultural Awareness; Sociolinguistics; Teacher Researchers; Inquiry; Criticism; Discourse Analysis; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Klassengespräch; Labeling-Ansatz; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; Rasse; Abstammung; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Empathie; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Soziolinguistik; Lehrerforschung; Kritik; Diskursanalyse; USA
Abstract	This teacher research inquiry is a critical discourse analysis of second grade classroom talk about racial identity and dialect difference within the theoretical framework of moral philosophy. Participants in the study, which took place in an urban public district in a Midwestern United States city, included ten African American students and a White writing specialist. Analysis of the themes and patterns of the talk showed that even the simplest language arts lesson, when open to serious questions, will elicit and exercise students' moral functions and positive qualities of character including empathy, conscience, moral reasoning, and altruism. The ramifications of such practices and effects across sociocultural boundaries are explored. (Contains 4 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10