K. Gutierrez et al., SCRIPT, COUNTERSCRIPT, AND UNDERLIFE IN THE CLASSROOM - BROWN,JAMES VERSUS BROWN V BOARD-OF-EDUCATION, Harvard educational review, 65(3), 1995, pp. 445-471
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.