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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... tion also goes to Diane Campbell , Carolyn Panofsky , and Linda Spears - Bun- ton , who have spent countless hours reading drafts of this and other texts . I am particularly grateful to the women and men of color who have chosen to be ...
... tion also goes to Diane Campbell , Carolyn Panofsky , and Linda Spears - Bun- ton , who have spent countless hours reading drafts of this and other texts . I am particularly grateful to the women and men of color who have chosen to be ...
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... tion for a pluralistic democracy and the pedagogical practices that can help to achieve those aims . A commitment to democracy is simultaneously a com- mitment to freedom of thought and to open dialogue . Thus , the language of ...
... tion for a pluralistic democracy and the pedagogical practices that can help to achieve those aims . A commitment to democracy is simultaneously a com- mitment to freedom of thought and to open dialogue . Thus , the language of ...
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... tion of a study of Black English — a study that engendered a spirit of pride and dignity in their own identity as African Americans , and in the language that symbolizes that identity . These students had come to see the potential of ...
... tion of a study of Black English — a study that engendered a spirit of pride and dignity in their own identity as African Americans , and in the language that symbolizes that identity . These students had come to see the potential of ...
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... tion of meaning . Both written and spoken texts are created within what Halliday and Hasan ( 1985 ) refer to as the " context of situation " -the social environment that de- termines the register , or form , of the discourse . The ...
... tion of meaning . Both written and spoken texts are created within what Halliday and Hasan ( 1985 ) refer to as the " context of situation " -the social environment that de- termines the register , or form , of the discourse . The ...
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... tion of social goods , such as money , power , and status . Groups that have the least conflict in using these discourses are defined as dominant groups . Using this paradigm , it is evident that schools have not traditionally been ...
... tion of social goods , such as money , power , and status . Groups that have the least conflict in using these discourses are defined as dominant groups . Using this paradigm , it is evident that schools have not traditionally been ...
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