Reading Response #1 by Flores, Antonio (MU-Student)

Reading Response #1

aef2c8 — 2025-04-16 13:31:34 UTC

A place for critical literacy, Ann S. Beck, 2005

aef2c8 — 2025-04-16 13:32:51 UTC

Critical Literacy: Going Beyond the Demands of Common Core, Aimee Papola-Ellis + Teddi L. Eberly, 2015

aef2c8 — 2025-04-16 13:34:15 UTC

Questions

aef2c8 — 2025-04-16 13:34:33 UTC

How would I apply, "Critical literacy draws from the tradition of the Frankfurt School of Social Critical Theory that

maintains the transformation of social inequalities

and injustices as its objective," (Beck, 2005) in my classroom?

Favorite Quote

aef2c8 — 2025-04-16 13:34:37 UTC

"The relinquishment of individuality, and its

replacement by community rights, are accompanied

by an enforced transfer of decision making from an

internal source to an external authority." (Beck,2005)

I chose this quote because I found it interesting and very telling. Once you lose individuality, you lose the diversity of ideas. You also lose the ability to learn and grow as a person.

How can I apply this idea in my future classroom?

aef2c8 — 2025-04-16 13:34:40 UTC

Thinking back to the idea of individuality, I think it would be beneficial to have students share their approaches to certain problems. This allows for students to see multiple representations of how a problem can be solved and this also provides students the opportunity to read their peers answers with a critical lense.

What do I heavily agree/disagree with?

aef2c8 — 2025-04-16 13:34:43 UTC

I do not think that critical literacy can foster any political change within a mathematics classroom. I do, however, think that it can be used to help students really evaluate every form of media they encounter in an english or history classroom.

What do I heavily agree/disagree with?

aef2c8 — 2025-04-16 13:34:46 UTC

I really agree with the quote, "Classroom teachers find themselves with less time for flexability..." (Ellis & Eberly, 2015). In my Math Methods courses we focus a lot on inquiry based learning. We also frequently discuss how time consuming setting up one inquiry based learning activity takes. This is really unfortunate because this is where the bulk of critical literacy resides within k-12 math education.

Favorite Quote

aef2c8 — 2025-04-16 13:34:50 UTC

"Critical literacy is not an “add-on” to the

existing curriculum; instead, it is a perspec-

tive or way of thinking that challenges texts

and our viewpoint on the world" (Ellis & Eberly, 2015).

How can I apply this idea in my future classroom?

aef2c8 — 2025-04-16 13:34:54 UTC

While I think critical literacy resides within inquiry based learning, there are still other parts of mathematics where critical literacy can reside in a smaller quantity. I think trying to get my students to look at word problems critically can do wonders for both the students and I. For example, if I was fortunate enough to teach an AP Calculus class I could have my students search for key words in a word problem. "Given the position function find the instananeos velocity of the rocket after the rocket has traveled 3 feet." Instantaneous velocity would let the students know that they need to find the first derivative of the position function and then find out what the value is for t=3.

Questions

aef2c8 — 2025-04-16 13:34:57 UTC

How do I avoid incorporating critical literacy in my class for the sake of having critical literacy in my class?