Literacy: Reading the Word and the World

Paulo Freire

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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

Book Details

Publisher: Praeger
Publish Date: Jul 31st, 1987
Pages: 208
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 9.08in - 6.11in - 0.53in - 0.78lb
EAN: 9780897891264
Categories: • Teaching - Subjects - Reading & Phonics• Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects• General

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Praise for this book

"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 Ýliteracy¨ could lead to a constructive dialectical debate' in the United States."-The Los Angeles Times

"ÝThis¨ 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