In the Figured Worlds of Culture and Religion: Prospective Teachers' Discourse around Latino Children's Literature
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu13382973062021-08-03T06:05:17Z In the Figured Worlds of Culture and Religion: Prospective Teachers' Discourse around Latino Children's Literature Davila, Denise L. Education Religion Culture Latino Children's Literature This dissertation examines what happens when prospective teachers (PTs) engage with works of Latino children’s literature that contain visual religious content. Exposing PTs to accurate and affirming works of Latino children’s literature could foster their cultural awareness (Medina & Enciso, 2001) and support their future work in diverse school communities. Conversely, teachers’ avoidance of multicultural texts is well documented (Nieto, 2002; Taxel, 1994). Gándara (2008) argues that unprepared teachers are one of the primary reasons that there is a crisis in the education of Latino students. This dissertation focuses on an analysis of the social Discourses and figured worlds (Gee, 2011) that PTs construe in response to acclaimed Latino picturebooks such as In My Family (Garza, 1996), Friends from the Other Side (Anzaldúa, 1993), and Abuelito Eats with His Fingers (Levy, 1999), each of which is a work of critical fiction (Mariani, 1991). The teacher-researcher collected data from 83 predominantly white, young, female prospective teachers enrolled in a major Midwest university’s introductory survey course of children’s literature that is a prerequisite to the university’s post-baccalaureate licensure program. Data sources included participants’ written responses to the literature and related pedagogy, fieldnotes, and audio recordings of small group and whole class discussions. Using Gee’s (2011) concept of figured worlds as a tool of inquiry for content analysis, this study revealed that some of these PTs impose strict cultural boundaries around “American” identity. These boundaries exclude and displace children of Mexican heritage. The data set points to deficiencies in multicultural education as experienced by some PTs in the last decade. It shows contradictions between many PTs’ desires to foster cultural awareness and their ideologies and political outlooks related to myths about Latinos, immigration, and religion in public education. 2012-06-25 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338297306 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338297306 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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