Critical Literacy What Every American Needs to Know

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Synopsis

In Critical Literacy Eugene F. Provenzo Jr. challenges E. D. Hirsch's assumptions about culture and education. Calling for a broader and more democratic vision than Hirsch, Provenzo critiques Hirsch's legacy up through the current conservative educational agenda for education which, he argues, denies, not only the United States' diversity, but its democratic traditions of democratic participation. His book shows why critical faculties and skills of students are essential not only to the success of individual students but to their participation in a healthy democracy. Provenzo offers a list of 5,000 things every educated American ought to know-- none of them the same items as those included on Hirsch's list in Cultural Literacy. Critical Literacy is essential reading for those concerned with our schools and the future of our children.

Book details

Series:
Series In Critical Narrative
Author:
Eugene F. Provenzo, Michael W. Apple
ISBN:
9781317261865
Related ISBNs:
9781594510885, 9781315635385, 9781594510892
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
168
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2022-08-13
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2007
Copyright by:
Routledge 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Education, Nonfiction