In their very first letters that my students wrote to me, I noticed a surprising divide between experiences of political discourse in previous English classrooms. Some expressed discomfort in the inclusion of real time political events while discussing literature, and others claimed that that very inclusion is what served to make their discussions immediate and […]
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Political Literacy in English 101
To my surprise, the students in my classroom seem to be extremely active within local politics, advocacy, and have chosen subjects for their research projects that examine controversies that our society is struggling to make sense of. I was very surprised by my students’ initiatives to be aware of their political surroundings, perhaps it is […]
Student Worldviews as the seem…
From the Project 4 research proposals that I’ve read through thus far, many of my students wanted to ask political driven questions along the lines of, “How does your news source reflect who you vote for?” For one, I made all of these students re-write and re-focus this question, because they wanted to ask a […]