SCRIPT, COUNTERSCRIPT, AND UNDERLIFE IN THE CLASSROOM - BROWN,JAMES VERSUS BROWN V BOARD-OF-EDUCATION

In this article, Kris Gutierrez, Betsy Rymes, and Joanne Larson demons trate how power is constructed between the teacher and students. The a uthors identify the teacher's monologic script, one that potentially s tifles dialogue and interaction and that reflects dominant cultural va lues, and the students' counterscripts, formed by those who do not com ply with the teacher's view of appropriate participation. The authors then offer the possibility of a ''third space'' - a place where the tw o scripts intersect, creating the potential for authentic interaction to occur. Using an analysis of a specific classroom discourse, the aut hors demonstrate how, when such potential arises, the teacher and stud ents quickly retreat to more comfortable scripted places. The authors encourage the joint construction of a new sociocultural terrain, creat ing space for shifts in what counts as knowledge and knowledge represe ntation.