Writing the school house blues : literacy, equity, and belonging in a child's early schooling / Anne Haas Dyson ; foreword by William Trent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dyson, Anne Haas, author.

Series:

Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.)

Language and literacy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American boys--Education.

African American boys.

Children with social disabilities--Education--United States.

Children with social disabilities.

Children with social disabilities--Education.

United States.

School integration--United States.

School integration.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Social integration--United States.

Social integration.

Physical Description:

xvii, 171 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2021]

Summary:

"This ethnographic study of a young African American boy's educational trajectory from Pre-K to second grade, examining how a district mandate to desegregate its schools altered the school-based experiences of Ta'Von and his fellow students. Taking a sociocultural perspective, the book examines the relationship between integration and social inclusion/exclusion, arguing that desegregation is not sufficient to create a truly inclusive schooling system. Citing instances of persistent inequality based on race, class, and gender, Dyson outlines how literacy, while complicit in both creating and magnifying these types of inequality/exclusion, can also be a powerful tool for remediating them and thereby creating truly inclusive spaces"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE DRAMA TO COME

1. A Sense of Belonging: Inclusion and Equity in Ta'Von's Journey Into School

A First Glance at Ta'Von

Historical and Ideological Forces

Transition Into Early Schooling and the Problematics of Race

About Those Blues

Queries and Visions

2. Preparation: Gathering Data, Finding Theoretical Glasses, and Becoming "My Friend From Preschool"

Accompanying Ta'Von on the Journey

Constructing a Telling Case

The Secret Ingredient in Case Writing

pt. II THE SCHOOL HOUSE BLUES: TA'VON'S TRANSITION TO AND THROUGH SCHOOL

3. Schooling Begins: "I Really Really Loved Preschool"

A Place for Everyone: "We" Gather Together

Everyone Is Equal: We Are ALL Learners

We Make Worlds: Social Pleasures and Power of Multimodal Composing

"You" Join "Me" in the Social Pleasure of Popular Song

On Turning to a New Chapter

4. A Shift in Schools and in a Sense of Belonging: "How Come He's in Kindergarten?"

Ta'Von and the Refracted "We": Intersectionality and the Construction of "Difference"

Concluding: The Relational Dynamics of Classroom Belonging

5. Smartness and Friendship in a Stratified World: "I Know I'm Smart Cause I Don't Copy"

The Fate of the Collective "We": Stratification and Belonging

"Smartness" as a Source of Social Power: Gifts of Help and Assumptions of Leadership

Belonging and Learning

Coming Attractions: Belonging, Learning, and the Music of "Not Real" Composing

6. Shifts in the Terms of Engagement: "I'm a Musician"

Stretching the "We": Indexing Belonging in the Music of "Not Real" Composing

Textua! Resources and Compositional Feats: Official Skills in "Not Real" Spaces

Music "Smarts" as a Social Tool?: "How 'bout We Form a Club?"

Unofficial Resources and Official Places: Knocking on the Curricular Door

Belonging, Competence, and Learning: Toward Textual Crossroads

7. Educational Reverberations of the School House Blues: Toward Inclusive Classrooms

Preschool: "We" All Belong

Kindergarten: The Social Stratification of "We"

2nd Grade: Rhythmic Beats on Curricular Walls

Final Notes of the School House Blues.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Dyson, Anne Haas, Writing the school house blues

ISBN:

9780807765777

0807765775

9780807765784

0807765783

OCLC:

1243040043