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Literacy: Reading the Word and the World (Critical Studies in Education & Culture)

Literacy: Reading the Word and the World (Critical Studies in Education & Culture)

by PauloFreire (Author), Donaldo Macedo (Author)

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    Paperback 1987

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Synopsis

At a time when popularizers of cultural literacy are prescribing a cultural canon for the purpose of prying open the `closed minds' of American youth . . . Literacy provides an articulate and courageous response.

Harvard Educational Review

Every chapter . . . asks teachers to thing again about how they teach, what they want for their pupils, and how to get on with it. Times Educational Supplement

[This] book directs our attention to literacy in its broadest sense so that we can better evaluate the shortcomings of our work as educators at all levels of learning. Contemporary Sociology

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 208
 Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 31 Jul 1987
ISBN 10: 0897891260
ISBN 13: 9780897891264

Media Reviews
Freire and Macedo's work cannot be ignored by the student of educational change in contemporary society. It should be consulted by anyone who believes in using education as a vehicle of social change. -Small Press Book Review
Freire's provocative explanation of [literacy] could lead to a constructive dialectical debate' in the United States. -The Los Angeles Times
Every chapter . . . asks teachers to think again about how they teach, what they want for their pupils and how to get on with it. -The Times Educational Supplement
[This] book directs our attention to literacy in its broadest sense so that we can better evaluate the shortcomings of our work as educators at all levels of learning. -Contemporary Sociology
Freire's provocative explanation of literacy could lead to a constructive dialectical debate' in the United States. -The Los Angeles Times
This book directs our attention to literacy in its broadest sense so that we can better evaluate the shortcomings of our work as educators at all levels of learning. -Contemporary Sociology
?Freire's provocative explanation of [literacy] could lead to a constructive dialectical debate' in the United States.?-The Los Angeles Times
?Every chapter . . . asks teachers to think again about how they teach, what they want for their pupils and how to get on with it.?-The Times Educational Supplement
?[This] book directs our attention to literacy in its broadest sense so that we can better evaluate the shortcomings of our work as educators at all levels of learning.?-Contemporary Sociology
?Freire and Macedo's work cannot be ignored by the student of educational change in contemporary society. It should be consulted by anyone who believes in using education as a vehicle of social change.?-Small Press Book Review
At a time when popularizers of cultural literacy are prescribing a cultural canon for the purpose of prying open the closed minds' of American youth. . . . Literacy provides an articulate and courageous response. -Harvard Educational Review
Author Bio

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edo /f Donaldo /i