Literacy: Reading the Word and the World

"At a time when popularizers of cultural literacy are prescribing a cultural canon for the purposes of prying open the `closed minds' of American youth . . . Literacy provides an articulate and courageous response." Harvard Educational Review "[This] book directs our attention to literacy in its broadest sense so that we can better evaluate the shortcomings of our work as educators at all levels of learning." Contemporary Sociology "Every chapter . . . asks teachers to think again about how they teach, what they want for their pupils and how to get on with it." The Times Educational Supplement