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Supporting Critical Literacy in High School English by Using Systemic Functional Linguistics to Analyze Fantasy, Canonical, and Nonfiction Texts
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Simmons, Amber M. – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2016
While important work has been done on assessing classroom texts and investigating classroom discourse, there is little research on teachers doing systemic functional linguistics (SFL) with students for critical ends, especially in the high school arena. This article discusses how instructional use of SFL analytic resources in subject English…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, High School Students, English Instruction, Linguistics
Daisaku Ikeda's Philosophy of Soka Education in Practice: A Narrative Analysis of Culturally Specific Language
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Nagashima, Julie T. – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2012
The author analyzes two teachers' narratives of their understanding and practice of Daisaku Ikeda's (1928-) philosophy of Soka (value-creating) education in relation to narratives of their experiences as students at the Soka schools he founded. These narratives both triangulate an implicit though culturally specific language used to articulate…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Humanistic Education, Student Centered Curriculum, Teacher Student Relationship