Carole Edelsky's Making Justice Our Project

Carole Edelsky's Making Justice Our Project: Teachers Working toward Critical Whole Language Practice is an elaborate analysis describing the pedagogy of “whole language” teaching. Edlsky gives reasons and examples to explain why the whole language has the power to impact social injustice in lower-income communities. This book is relevant because many educators are working towards finding methods so that no student will be left behind in learning. Edelsky uses multiple examples from other educators who she regards as “her heroes”, throughout this book. The contributing teachers provide their own narratives describing some of the methods they implemented in a relationship too whole language and critical pedology of students. Throughout this book, I feel as though these principals revolve around the message that underserved communities are not taught ways to achieve upward mobility in society. Whole language and Critical Pedology will change the way teachers and students cover material …show more content…
In the opening chapter of this text, Edelsky explains how she perceives language as a tool for domination. As an educator, she has first-hand experience on the power of using education as a means for social justice. She claims “ I have worried about ( and still worry about) Extermination; ie, forces aiming to legislate or smear the whole language out of existence”(Edelsky,1989). This chapter outlines how the current education crisis could lead to an increasing number of people not being represented in the liberty of democracy. She believes that expansion of new education methods will allow people to hold power over their own