Acts of Resistance

Subversive Teaching in the English Language Arts Classroom

Jeanne Dyches, Brandon Sams, Ashley S. Boyd, Jeanne Dyches, Brandon Sams, Ashley S. Boyd

• Publisher: Myers Education Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781975505608
• eBook ISBN: 9781975505622
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Curricula

2021 SPE Outstanding Book Award Winner

The first edition of Acts of Resistance: Subversive Teaching in the English Language Arts (ELA) Classroom won the 2021 Society of Professors of Education's Outstanding Book Award and garnered other nominations. The second edition includes a foreword by Ashley Hope Pérez, author of the young adult literature novel Out of Darkness, one of the most frequently banned books across U.S. classrooms. Four new chapters reflect sociopolitical changes since the book's publication, including a widespread, coordinated uptick in the banning of books centering authors and characters from marginalized communities; the COVID-19 pandemic and with it, increased acts of violence against folks identifying as Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander; the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless other victims of police brutality; the January 6th insurrection; the closing of the Trump era; the passing of anti-CRT and anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation; and a "school choice" movement that defunds public schools, deprofessionalizes educators, and places democracy in peril. Chapters specifically illustrate the storied practices of subversive teachers across the 6-12 ELA context. They provide educators with instructional ideas on how to do anti-oppressive work while also meeting traditional ELA disciplinary elements.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Foreword Ashley Hope Pérez
• Introduction: What is Subversive Disciplinary Literacy? Jeanne Dyches, Brandon Sams, Ashley S. Boyd
• 1. We Write Here: Academic Movement in the Writing and Being of Black Learners Latrise Johnson
• 2. We Are Not the Same, We Deserve to be Seen: Diverse Asian American Text Sets as Resistance Betina Hsieh and Jung Kim
• 3. Reciprocating Care and Vulnerability through a Pedagogy of Tenderness: Resistance and Transformation in ELA Classrooms Stephanie Anne Shelton and Tamara Brooks
• 4. Subverting the Canon through Culturally Relevant Young Adult Literature & Student Choice Sandra Saco and E. Sybil Durand
• 5. Black Words Matter: Bending Literary Close Reading toward Justice Scott Storm
• 6. Arguing for Empathy: Subverting the Teaching of Argumentation Crystal Sogar and Melanie Shoffner
• 7. “Well, I Took it There”: Subversive Teaching to (Disrupt) the Test Leah Panther and Selena Hughes
• 8. Inquiry Ignites! Pushing Back Against Traditional Literacy Instruction Jill Stedronsky and Kristen Hawley Turner
• 9. “Climb Into Their Skin”: Whiteness and the Subversion of Perspective Anna Mae Tempus and Carey Applegate
• 10. Making “Safe” and Subversive Space for Students’ Lives Through Open Mic Caroline T. Clark and Jill M. Williams
• 11. The Responsible Change Project: Subverting the Standardized English Language Arts Curriculum Heather Coffey and Steve Fulton
• 12. Disability as Pedagogy: Vulnerability as a Social Justice Tool Katie Roquemore
• 13. Gender Bending the Curriculum: Queer Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare in the High School Ryan Burns and Janine Boiselle
• 14. Interrupting “Single Stories”: Using Socially Just Media Texts to Teach Rhetorical Analysis Lori Garcia and Michael Manderino
• 15. Can We Talk?: Promoting Anti-Oppressive Futures for Girls of Color through a Social Justice Enrichment Program Dorothy E. Hines, Jemimah Young, Rossina Zamora Liu, and Diana Wandix-White
• 16. “Why Can’t They Test Us on This?” A Framework for Transforming Intensive Reading Instruction Amanda Lacy and Angela M. Kohnen
• 17. The Case of Courtenay: Subversive Resistance in English Teacher Evaluation Meghan A. Kessler and Angela L. Masters
• About the Authors
• Index