| Literacy as Snake Oil: Beyond the Quick Fix Revised Edition Contributor(s): Bigum, Chris (Other), Knobel, Michele (Other), Lankshear, Colin (Other) |
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ISBN: 0820495433 ISBN-13: 9780820495439 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $46.53 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Elementary - Education | Adult & Continuing Education - Education | Aims & Objectives |
| Dewey: 372.609 |
| LCCN: 2007278927 |
| Series: New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.67 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This revised edition of Literacy as Snake Oil further investigates and critiques the commodification of literacy and education. Since the publication of the first edition, schools in the U.S. have been targeted even more as a market for private companies seeking to profit from the surveillance of NCLB (No Child Left Behind). Three chapters have been added: one that deals with the reproduction of racialized spaces during a textbook adoption, an analysis of America's Choice by a classroom teacher, and an analysis of the U.K.'s literacy strategy. This book will inspire teachers to remember their political commitments to resist oppression and unethical practice and find ways to subvert teacher- (and student-) proof packages. |