Julie L. Pennington

The Colonization of Literacy Education

A Story of Reading in One Elementary School

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Literacy and justice for all? What happens when teachers are faced with educational policies ostensibly focused on ensuring that all children will be reading by third grade? This book focuses on how eight educators in one Texas elementary school navigated the policies of the Texas Reading Initiative, a precursor to the No Child Left Behind Act. Exploring how an educational policy that supported a monolithic, simply defined view of literacy education actually decreased expectations for all students, teachers share their views and provide a basis for understanding how leaving no child behind has the potential to lower the bar for many children.… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Kincheloe, Joe L. (Hrsg.) / Steinberg, Shirley R. (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-8204-6925-6
EAN: 9780820469256
Produktnummer: 19045778
Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Seitenangabe: 205 S.
Masse: H15.4 cm x B22.8 cm x D1.2 cm 296 g
Gewicht: 296
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

The Author: Julie L. Pennington is Assistant Professor of Literacy Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno. She was a classroom teacher for fifteen years and received her Ph.D. in literacy studies from the University of Texas, Austin.