Critical Pedagogy in an Urban High School English Classroom-

Critical Pedagogy in an Urban High School English Classroom-

After reading this document I was really impressed with the different ways this group has taught English language arts to all cultures in the 21^st century. Although some students lacked skills in speaking the English language, they were guided in developing linguistic competencies and literary skills for academic advance, professional employment, and civic participation. I also liked the fact that not only did they introduce American literature but they also introduced British literature allowing students to see a variety of literature. By introducing multicultural texts to students it allows them to begin to make connections to their on lives and everyday experiences. While comparing the contrasting these literatures, students gain an understanding of the similarities and differences across time and culture. Another concept I found extremely interesting was the more that we study concepts of others the more we understand concepts that relate to our own learning. By implementing multicultural literary study allows us to see ourselves in others even if we seen other as different in important and extraordinary ways. Banking method of education was also brought up in the article. They explained they were firm believes in the banking method but made a conscious effort to adapt to the problem-posing method. This article was very interesting to read. I was reminded teacher’s need to keep into consideration the connotations of the content. Some of the content may evoke emotions from students. It is our job as teachers to do the best we can to communicative with other teachers, parents, and students. Teachers need to explain that some of the content is taught to teach them about issues related to diversity. I was intrigued to read how English teachers could adapt to drastically different cultural environments while implementing their pedagogy.