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- Title
Writing our own América : Latinx middle school students imagine their American Dreams through Photovoice.
- Authors
Montgomery, Zak K.; O'Neil, Serena B.
- Abstract
This study examines the intersection of the "bootstraps" American Dream1 and the América envisioned by four firstgeneration U.S. Latinx sixth graders in an urban English Language Learners class. The students participated in a joint Photovoice writing and photography project about the American Dream with students from a liberal arts college and articulated the importance of the journey toward their dreams. Sharing their narratives and photographs in public forums, the students challenged the individualist American Dream discourse, underscoring a collective approach instead. The outcomes foreground previously-silenced voices and provide an example of culturally relevant pedagogy within a structured literacy curriculum.
- Subjects
ENGLISH language; PHOTOVOICE (Social action programs); ACADEMIC achievement; LEARNING; HIGHER education
- Publication
Reflections: A Journal of Public Rhetoric, Civic Writing & Service Learning, 2017, Vol 17, Issue 1, p36
- ISSN
1541-2075
- Publication type
Article