Classroom Provocateurs and Ethical Classroom Practice |
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Authors: | Karen Spector |
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Institution: | Department of Curriculum and Instruction , University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa , Alabama , USA |
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Abstract: | This article is based upon a larger study that considered three high school literature units in the US. Through a close analysis of one classroom discussion between a teacher and a provocative 8th grade student named Fish, I argue that it is not only ethically responsible to position the Fishes of this world as laudable, but that doing so is beneficial for critically focused English classes as a whole. Further, I argue that my reading of Fish as a provocateur can be productively transferred to other student‐provocateurs in our English classrooms who vex the smooth doing‐of‐school in different ways than Fish did. |
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Keywords: | English teaching high school students challenging students |
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