Yikes! I was working on my portfolio and discovered I hadn’t posted Goffman. I think it was a psychological slip. I was not fond of that reading and had to really fish for a response. I’m so sorry this is…
Tag Archive for English 5870
Ferguson: Potato Chips & Jail Cells
by fsnowden • • 2 Comments
Ferguson’s article struck several cords in that I understand her point from a detached, academic way as well as from a more frustratingly personal viewpoint. She mentions that studies have shown that African American males in schools all over the…
English 5870 Pryer: Ultimately Unclear
by fsnowden • • 1 Comment
At first glance, Pryer’s article seems to cover the same issues as Brueggemann, Sunstein and in some ways Purcell-Gates. Like Brueggemann, she describes issues of personal struggle when dealing with academic research and similar to Sunstein, she suggests the use…
Commentary on Percy
by mgarcia5 • • 1 Comment
Remember the first time you fell in love? Remember how bright and colorful the world seemed to be? Remember that the annoying thing that always bothered you did not bother you the day you had your first kiss, or your…
Commentary #6-Percy
by Amble • • 1 Comment
I think this reading got much more in depth into the theory of perception than I was prepared for. It took the idea of the “most photographed barn in America” to a new place for me. But as much as…
Rubber Room- Watch Out! From “This American Life”
by fsnowden • • 0 Comments
Hi All, Here is the link to the podcast from “This American Life” in which they tell you what they do with teachers who misbehave in New York City. Take care, Faye http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1286
Commentary #5 Goffman
by Amble • • 3 Comments
I think we are all conscious at some level of the differing roles we take on in our lives; as teachers, students, parents, children, siblings, spouses, friends. We are not only playing different roles in different situations, we play them…
Commentary #4 Liminality
by Amble • • 1 Comment
Bonnie Sunstein argues that a good ethnography lives in the liminal space between story telling and informational text. This is a very fine line, because if we force ourselves to present the information we gather in as objective a way…
Commentary 3
by Amble • • 1 Comment
“What difference, I ask, does it make who researches, who writes about, who represents ‘subjects’ in composition research? And what difference does it make how these subjects are represented?” As Brueggemann began her dissertation research, she believed herself a distant…
Commentary 2
by Amble • • 1 Comment
Ruth Ray focuses on the context of the classroom and the community when talking about effective teacher research. University research that deals in mass generalizations and standardized testing does little to help in teaching students. The main reason for this…