The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom

Synopsis

&“Lucid, accessible&” research on classroom language bias for educators and &“parents concerned about questions of power and control in public schools&” (Publishers Weekly). In this collection of twelve essays, MacArthur Fellow Lisa Delpit and Kent State University Associate Professor Joanne Kilgour Dowdy take a critical look at the issues of language and dialect in the education system. The Skin That We Speak moves beyond the highly charged war of idioms to present teachers and parents with a thoughtful exploration of the varieties of English spoken today. At a time when children who don&’t speak formal English are written off in our schools, and when the class- and race-biased language used to describe those children determines their fate, The Skin That We Speak offers a cutting-edge look at this all-important aspect of education. Including groundbreaking work by Herbert Kohl, Gloria J. Ladson-Billings, and Victoria Purcell-Gates, as well as classic texts by Geneva Smitherman and Asa Hilliard, this volume of writing is what Black Issues Book Review calls &“an essential text.&” &“The book is aimed at helping educators learn to make use of cultural differences apparent in language to educate children, but its content guarantees broader appeal.&” —Booklist &“An honest, much-needed look at one of the most crucial issues in education today.&” —Jackson Advocate

Copyright:

2008

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

256 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781595585844

Related ISBNs:

9781565845442

Publisher:

The New Press

Date of Addition:

12/23/23

Copyrighted By:

Lisa Delpit and Joanne Kilgour Dowdy

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Education, Social Studies, Language Arts, Sociology

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Lisa Delpit

Edited by:

Joanne Kilgour Dowdy