Post on 01-Jan-2016
description
JONATHAN KOZOL
Educator Author
Activist
By: Christine Charles
Biographical Information
Born September 5, 1936 in Boston, MA
Middle-class suburban family Harvard University graduate of 1958
in English Literature Awarded Rhodes Scholarship Studied in Oxford Influenced by Civil Rights Movement
Teaching & Geographical Data
Freedom Schools 4th grade - Boston Public School
Fired for teaching non-curriculum poetry 5th grade - Newton Public School South Bronx, NY – research on social justice and inequality
www.albany.edu
Author Death at an Early Age Rachel and Her Children Savage Inequalities Amazing Grace The Shame of the Nation Letters to a Young
Teacher Kellylowenstein.wordpress.co
m
Advocate
Integrated public school Early childhood Education Social psychology research Education Action – non-profit
organization Public speaker – urban education Redistribution of wealth
students.law.umich.edu
Critic Voucher movement No Child Left Behind High-stakes testing Charter Schools
www.babble.com
Philosophy Social Learning Perspectives
Sociolinguistic Theory – oral languagelack of English language low-quality oral language less vocabulary lack of high-level questioning
Socio-Cultural Theory – cultural interactionslack of experiences
www.albany.edu
Impact Reflect on your own background,
opportunities and exposure to literacy.
What kind of person would I be without the knowledge that I have acquired through
oral language, reading, and culture?
Social learning and status have played a significant role in your language and
reading ability.
Resources Jonathan Kozol. Wikipedia, The Free
Encyclopedia. Retreived from http://www.wikipedia.com.
Kozol, Jonathan. (9/1/2005). Still Separate, Still Unequal: America’s Educational Apartheid. Harpers Magazine. V. 311, n. 1864.
Stebbins, Leslie. (1999). Teacher Hero: Jonathan Kozol. Brandeis University. Boston, MA.
Tracey, D. & Morrow, L. (2006).Lenses On Reading: An Introduction to Theories and Models. Pp.100-124.Guilford Press, NY.