Course Schedule for Literacy and Pedagogy
University of Pittsburgh, Fall Term 2001
| August 28: | Introduction |
| September 4: | Pedagogy: Disturbing History: "Introduction" and Part I
Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook "Introduction" Two presentations |
| September 11: | Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook:
*Walter Ong, "Writing is a Technology That Restructures Thought" *John F. Szwed, "The Ethnography of Literacy" *Shirley Brice Heath, "Protean Shapes in Literacy Events" Two presentations |
September 18: | James Paul Gee, "Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics"
Lisa Delpit, "The Politics of Teaching Literate Discourse" Two presentations |
| September 25: | Pedagogy: Disturbing History:
*Part II, "Intermezzo" *Part III Two presentations |
| October 2: | Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook:
*Tamara Plankins Thornton, "The Lost World of Colonial Handwriting" *Harvey Graff, "The Nineteenth Century Origins of Our Times" *Sylvia Scribner and Michael Cole, "Unpacking Literacy" Two presentations |
| October 9: | Literacy: A Critical Sourcebook:
*Elizabeth McHenry and Shirley Brice Heath, "The Literate and the Literary: African-Americans as Writers and Readers" *Marcia Farr, "En Los Dos Idiomas: Literacy Practices Among Chicago Mexicanos" *Susan Lytle, "Living Literacy: Rethinking Development in Adulthood" Two presentations |
| October 16: | Bell Hooks, Talking Back
Two presentations |
| October 23: | Tom Fox, Defending Access
Two presentations |
| October 30: | Myron C. Tuman, Language and Limits
Two presentations |
NB: If the group remains and 14, this schedule takes care of one individual
presentation. The other presentation can be done in groups. I would like for the
groups to include no more than three speakers. I will entertain the possibility
of a larger group, but you will need to coordinate efforts and orchestrate activities
extremely carefully.
| November 6: | |
| November 13: | Paul Kameen, Writing/Teaching |
| November 20: | Peter Rabinowitz and Michael Smith, Authorizing Readers |
| November 27: | |
| December 4: |