Literacy as a Moral Imperative: Facing the Challenges of a Pluralistic SocietyRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 8. sep. 1999 - 168 sider In this important new book on literacy and teaching practices, education scholar and former schoolteacher Rebecca Powell argues that the decisions we make about literacy in a pluralistic society are fundamentally moral ones, either supporting inequitable power relationships, or seeking to transform them. Powell explores the underlying ideological assumptions of Oschooled literacyO and examines the ways teaching practices create tensions in the lives of students—tensions that often result in alienation and educational failure, particularly among those whose cultural knowledge and language tends to be marginalized in our nationOs schools. While primarily ground in critical theory, this volume also draws from multicultural and holistic perspectives in the teaching of written and oral language and addresses the link between whole language and critical pedagogy. Thus, the text is both theoretical and practical. Powell effectively argues that literacy instruction should encourage social responsibility and civic action, should enable students and teachers to understand the transformative potential of language, and should nurture a culture of compassion and care. |
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... talking about the best way to teach literacy , students continued to drop out of school in record numbers ; teenage suicide and pregnancy rates continued to increase ; and vio- lence in the home and on the street began reaching epidemic ...
... talking about the best way to teach literacy , students continued to drop out of school in record numbers ; teenage suicide and pregnancy rates continued to increase ; and vio- lence in the home and on the street began reaching epidemic ...
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... talking or writing ; ( 2 ) the tenor , or who is involved in the discourse , including the so- cial status of the participants ; and ( 3 ) the mode , or what role language is play- ing in the social event . Consider , for example , the ...
... talking or writing ; ( 2 ) the tenor , or who is involved in the discourse , including the so- cial status of the participants ; and ( 3 ) the mode , or what role language is play- ing in the social event . Consider , for example , the ...
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... talk and how to talk , appropriate topics of conversation , normal durations of si- lence , interpretations of various statements and other communicative actions , and so on . In other words , the norms governing communication embody ...
... talk and how to talk , appropriate topics of conversation , normal durations of si- lence , interpretations of various statements and other communicative actions , and so on . In other words , the norms governing communication embody ...
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... talk about literacy - a language that confirms our profes- sionalism , that shows we are members of an elite literacy club , that gives us the authority to define failure . Academic discourse is powerful ; it simultane- ously privileges ...
... talk about literacy - a language that confirms our profes- sionalism , that shows we are members of an elite literacy club , that gives us the authority to define failure . Academic discourse is powerful ; it simultane- ously privileges ...
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... talk condemned as " ungram- matical " or " poorly expressed , " when all that is involved is that the text is speech , not written language ? The fact is that the grammatical rules invoked to make such judgments apply to written ...
... talk condemned as " ungram- matical " or " poorly expressed , " when all that is involved is that the text is speech , not written language ? The fact is that the grammatical rules invoked to make such judgments apply to written ...
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