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Literacy With an Attitude: Educating Working-Class Children in Their Own Self-Interest
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
State Univ of New York Pr
Publication date
April 9, 2009
Pages
311
Binding
Paperback
Edition
2
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781438428062
ISBN-10
1438428065
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 8.75 in.
Weight
1.05 lbs.
Original list price
$29.95
Other format details
university press
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: 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."
This tenth-anniversary, second edition features eight new chapters and a revised and updated original text."
Editions
Hardcover
2 edition from State Univ of New York Pr (April 9, 2009)
9781438428055 | details & prices | 311 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.26 lbs | List price $70.00
About: 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.
About: 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.
from State Univ of New York Pr (September 1, 1999)
9780791442852 | details & prices | 243 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $49.50
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
2 edition from State Univ of New York Pr (April 9, 2009)
9781438428062 | details & prices | 311 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $29.95
About: 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.
About: 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.
from State Univ of New York Pr (September 1, 1999)
9780791442869 | details & prices | 288 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $24.95
About: This book is for teachers, parents, and community organizers who are on the side of working-class children.
About: This book is for teachers, parents, and community organizers who are on the side of working-class children.
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