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literacy with an attitude,educating working-class children in their own self-interest (in English)
Patrick J. Finn
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State University of New York Press
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literacy with an attitude,educating working-class children in their own self-interest (in English) - Finn, Patrick J.
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Winner of the 2010 Critics Choice Award presented by the American Educational Studies AssociationThe 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.
