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Broken Promises: Reading Instruction in Twentieth-Century America
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Hardcover
from Bergin & Garvey (January 1, 1989)
9780897891615 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $102.95
About: Shannon argues that a combination of psychology, science, and capitalism has transformed reading from a means of personal and social empowerment into an ability to perform well on tests and has transformed learning from a human transaction between teacher and student into an exchange between things--commercially packaged reading materials--and students.
About: Shannon argues that a combination of psychology, science, and capitalism has transformed reading from a means of personal and social empowerment into an ability to perform well on tests and has transformed learning from a human transaction between teacher and student into an exchange between things--commercially packaged reading materials--and students.
Paperback
from Praeger Pub Text (December 1, 1989)
9780897891608 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $29.95
About: The book has more fire--more `call to arms' gusto--than anything I've read on reading education.
About: The book has more fire--more `call to arms' gusto--than anything I've read on reading education.