Short Blog 10/24

Producing justifiable reasons which the text is chosen is key. These reasons must focus on the contents overarching ideals and questions, not a focus on the questionable aspects of the chosen text. A world view, better understanding of tough situations, and overall positive critical thinking should all be apparent in these pieces, not just the in question aspect of the text.

Delpict and Gee

Delpit focused on dominant discourse being the main power discourse, and home discourse being that of one taught/learned through the home setting. In Gee, he distinguishes this into primary and secondary discourses. Primary being the first environmental learning discourse in interacting with the word, and secondary being the discourses learned outside of the primary group.