Literacies of power : what Americans are not allowed to know /: what Americans are not allowed to know. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: What Americans are not allowed to know
• Further Information: Note: Donaldo Macedo ; foreword by Paulo Freire.
• Other Names: Macedo, Donaldo P (Donaldo Pereira), 1950-
• Contents: Literacy for Stupidification : The Pedagogy of Big Lies. The instrumental approach to literacy -- The barbarism of specialization, or the specialization of barbarism -- The illiteracy of literacy of the Gulf War -- Our Common Culture : A Poisonous Pedagogy. Western heritage verus multiculturalism -- What all Americans need to know -- Our Uncommon Culture : The Politics of Race, Class, Gender, and Language -- English Only : The Tongue-Tying of America. The role of language in the education of linguistic-minority students -- A democratics and liberatory education for linguistic-minority students -- Educational Reform : Literacy and Poverty Pimps. Educational reforms that deform -- The choiceless choice -- The method : fetish of reform -- Charitable Racism : Imposing Democracy Undemocratically. The naturalization of mass deception -- Liberals' dance of hypocrisy -- Afterword: That which was true yesterday is even more true today / Shirley Steinberg.
• Edition: Expanded ed
• Publisher Details: New York : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages)
• Subjects: 370.11/5/0973; Critical pedagogy -- United States; Literacy -- Political aspects -- United States; Discrimination in education -- United States; Minorities -- Education -- United States; Educational change -- United States; Critical pedagogy; Discrimination in education; Educational change; Literacy -- Political aspects; Minorities -- Education; Englischunterricht; Höheres Bildungswesen; Kritisches Denken; Unterdrückung; United States; USA
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429978807; 0429978804
• Related ISBNs: 9780813343389
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.