Literacy With an Attitude
By: Patrick Finn
Throughout the passage Finn writes about how Jean Anyon studied fifth grade classes throughout New Jersey. The classes ranged from executive elites to working class. In the working class classrooms the teachers were younger and just handed out work without explaining why the students needed to do it. The students were given the work and expected to do it the teachers way and if they did not they would receive a bad grade. Teachers also talk lowly of their students. Which does not inspire them in the classroom. The middle-class school was more based on the understanding of the books and the definitions in the books. The classroom was focused on getting the right answer and that was how you were graded. In the affluent professional schools the teachers cared more about the students creativity and personal development more. Teachers would rarely give direct orders and students focused on being imaginative. In the executive elite schools their knowledge was academic, intellectual, and rigorous. These students were taught how to go about life and succeed and how to achieve an "elite" lifestyle. The second chapter of this passage is aimed to show you how growing up in different communities can pave your future.
Comments: How can a state or country find teachers for different working classes to teach all students equally?
The difference between the working class education and the elite is very prominent and the working class should be given a different classroom environment and work ethic.
ReplyDeleteGood summary of Anyon -- I am left with the question: so what? Why does this matter?
ReplyDeleteIm thinking the same thing how can we have equality ?
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