JoLLE November Newsletter
New Scholars Speak Out & Take Two!
JoLLE Winter 2017 Conference
Scholars Speak Out--Nelson Flores
"It is common for US history to be discussed in terms of progress from racial inequality toward racial equality. The typical narrative states that while racism was an unfortunate reality in US society, it was an aberration from the democratic ideals that characterized the founding of the nation and has for this reason gradually been dismantled. The culmination of this progress toward racial equality is seen as the Civil Rights Movement that is characterized as destroying the final remnants of US racism and paving the pathway toward the future envisioned by Martin Luther King where everybody is judged by the content of their character as opposed to the color of their skin.
Critical race theorists have raised questions about this narrative of progress toward racial equality. These scholars argue that rather than being an aberration, racism shapes the very fabric of US society and permeates all of its institutions, including schools."
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Take Two--Revisit an Article from the JoLLE Archives
Sarah Lohnes Watulak and Barbara Laster’s piece “Technology stalled: Exploring the new digital divide in one urban school” highlighted what 21st century literacy learning looked like alongside the first and second digital divides present in 2008-2009. Their feature in this month’s Take 2 updates their previous work and encourages the use of technology for literacy-related purposes in order to overcome the first and second digital divide barriers that are still present today.
"In our original article, Technology Stalled: Exploring the New Digital Divide in One Urban School, we intended the title to reflect the idea that although the teachers and students in the urban elementary/middle school in which we collected our data had access to computers and (when connected) the Internet in their school, technology was primarily used in the replication of teacher-centered literacy instruction. Student-directed uses of technology were all but absent, as was the use of technology for production, critical thinking, or inquiry."
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Call for Manuscripts--JoLLE Spring 2017 Themed Issue
To be considered for the Spring 2017 themed issue, manuscripts must be received by midnight (EST) on Tuesday, February 28th.
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