Literacy on the left : reform and revolution / Andrew Lambirth.

This engaging text explores discourses involved in the teaching of literacy which can be conceptualised as deriving from the political left. The concept of a left and a right in politics are fully defined and a unique analytical framework is introduced to examine and categorise perspectives for teac...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Lambirth, Andrew, 1959-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Marxism: a revolutionary perspective
  • Conservatives and social democratic liberal perspectives
  • Postmodernist perspectives
  • Fashioning a language of critique
  • Conservative discourse and literacy practice
  • Social democratic liberal discourse and literacy practice
  • Radical discourse and literacy practice
  • Marxist discourse and literacy practice
  • Conclusions.