Sorting, Sifting & Purging in SD
August 2018. San Diego, CA
Fascinating to go through all my old books, research, notes, and papers šššā- Lisa Delpit was, and still is, one of my favorite education theorists & authors. In fact, a few years ago, while working with a coach, I realized that part of what I want for the field of education is to see more sociology & anthropology research utilized in credentialing programs, as well as in-house professional developments. I feel lucky to have been introduced to Delpitās work early on in my own program, which I have to say, especially now in retrospect, was top notch. Reference above:Ā
āIn her groundbreaking 1988 essay āThe Silenced Dialogue: Power and Pedagogy in Educating Other Peopleās Children,ā the elementary school teacher cum theorist Lisa Delpit dismantled some of the pieties of progressive education. Deliberately unstructured teaching strategies like āwhole language,ā āopen classrooms,ā and āprocess, not productā were putting poor, non-white children at an even greater disadvantage in school and beyond...ā - The Nation: An interview with Lisa Delpit on educating āOther Peopleās Childrenā
And more finds from my old books & notebooks..