Literacy with an Attitude: Educating Working-Class Children in

Literacy with an Attitude: Educating Working-Class Children in Their Own Self-Interest
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The classic, indispensable guide for teachers, parents, and community organizers concerned with educating working-class children, Literacy with an Attitude dares to define literacy as a powerful right of citizenship. Patrick J. Finn persuasively debunks the time-honored paradigm for teaching poor and working-class students. Our job, he argues, is not to help such students to become middle class and live middle-class lives most don t want it. Education rather should focus on a powerful literacy a literacy with an attitude that enables working-class and poor students to better understand, demand, and protect their civil, political, and social rights.
This tenth-anniversary, second edition features eight new chapters and a revised and updated original text."

Country	USA
Brand	State University of New York Press
Manufacturer	State University of New York Press
Binding	Paperback
PartNumber	9781438428062
Height	9
Length	5.94
Weight	1.04940036712
Width	0.88
NumberOfItems	1
ReleaseDate	2009-04-09

Literacy with an Attitude: Educating Working-Class Children in Their Own Self-Interest