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Stories We Haven't Heard Yet: Imagining Critical Literacy in a Rural High School
Susan Groenke While negative stereotypes of African Americans, Latinos, women, and other groups have been strongly criticized for years, stereotypes of poor rural people—especially southerners from the Appalachian mountains—persist. The author discusses the importance for rural English teachers to help their students understand the differences that exist between stereotypical images and reality. The goal is for students to not only see beyond the stereotypes attributed to them, but also to question stereotypical assumptions made about other groups, in other words, to develop a critical literacy perspective.
Talking Points, Volume 16, Number 1, October 2004
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