[Xmca-l] Re: Sorry I'm late!

Larry Purss lpscholar2@gmail.com
Thu Apr 2 08:12:25 PDT 2015


ignore this last email. email addresses got crossed
Larry

On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 7:50 AM, Lplarry <lpscholar2@gmail.com> wrote:

> Maisha we are on mayne most Thursdays Fridays, and Saturdays. Is there a
> time available for a site visit?
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> From: Maisha Winn <mtwinn@wisc.edu>
> Sent: ‎2015-‎04-‎01 3:09 PM
> To: xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu
> Subject: [Xmca-l]  Sorry I'm late!
>
> Hi everyone,I am enjoying reading the thread of discussion and I apologize
> for getting back to you (see message I tried to post!). Just gave a talk at
> PennGSE and have more meetings but I will be back!
>
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> Thank you so much for engaging this work.
>
>
> Warmly,
> Maisha
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Maisha Winn <mtwinn@wisc.edu> wrote:
>
> > Hi Mike,I am THRILLED to see this thread of discussion before I catch my
> flight. Thank you for sending it my way while we work out my technical
> difficulties.
> > To build on the conversation I wish to submit that I, too, have grappled
> with whether or not Poppa Joe and Mama C are "exceptional" (thus, making it
> difficult for educators across contexts to see the work they do as
> possible). When I published Writing in Rhythm I heard from may people that
> perhaps only Poppa Joe can do what he does. However, I don't think this is
> the case. Power Writing is a worldview deeply committed to imagining the
> future and the now of students. What Poppa Joe and Mama C are able to do is
> historicize their lives and literate trajectories and frame them in ways
> that their students can view the process of becoming writers, readers,
> thinkers, and doers as just that...A PROCESS....one that continues well
> into adulthood. Yes, the word "trajectories" was purposeful. Movement is
> key here. I agree that "shattering" is probably not the right way to
> characterize this work. However, "joyful belonging," sounds just right!
> > Thank you for engaging this work. I am eager to hear more.
> > Warmly,
> > Maisha
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> Maisha T. Winn, Ph.D.
> Susan J. Cellmer Chair in English Education
> Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Languages & Literacies
> University of Wisconsin, Madison- School of Education
> 225 N. Mills Street, Suite 574B
> Madison, WI 53706
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> See Professor Winn's "Toward a Restorative English Education"
> http://dm.education.wisc.edu/mtwinn/intellcont/Winn_RTE13-1.pdf
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