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... The school board in question represented the predominantly African-American Oakland Unified School District, and the decision that created the controversy came to be known as the Ebonics Resolution. ... The educational implications of cultural teaching on learning style and success are one of the main issues of Ochs and Schieffelins research, and also of the whole Ebonics controversy.
In The Real Ebonics Debate: Power, Language, and the Education of African-American Children, the subtitle chosen by editors Perry and Delpit gives the readers a clue as to the issues behind the debate. ... This dichotomy is a natural outcome of Ochs & Schieffelins work of language development as a source and product of acculturation, as well as the initial catalyst for the controversy over Ebonics. ... " Lisa Delpit answers her own question by advocating "culturally responsive instruction" which recognizes and treats Ebonics as "the language "many of our African-American children … heard as their mothers nursed them and changed their diapers and played peek-a-boo with them … the language through which they first encountered love, nurturance, and joy" (17). ... They are the segment of African-Americans focused on by the advocates of the Ebonics resolution. ... The Real Ebonics Debate: Power, Language, and the
Education of African-American Children.
Approximate Word count = 3508
Approximate Pages = 14
(250 words per page double spaced)
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