A Critiique of Delpit's

surprised. I thought to myself, could this be true? Am I actually reading about someone

who is not in favor of the process-oriented approach to education? The reading came as

a surprise because throughout my teacher education program, both in undergrad and grad

school, I was immersed in all of these progressive, process-oriented philosophies of

teaching. I was told of the benefits of using these approaches in the classroom.

Some topics in this essay:
People’s Children”, Deserio Delpit, Lisa Delpit’s, prior knowledge, can’t assume prior, assume prior knowledge, , can’t assume, assume prior, mainstream culture, skills-oriented approach,