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This past year marked the centenary of the birth of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire (1921–1997). Like Martin Luther, Freire saw literacy, critical reflection, and dialogue among those oppressed by systems that exploited and excluded them as the primary means toward their liberation. As we seek to address systemic injustice and oppression today, we can learn a great deal by looking to the pedagogical...
In Corsica, bilingual schools have multiple linguistic, cultural and political goals. They include teaching Corsican children to speak, read and write Corsican, providing children with French and Corsican linguistic capital, creating a special, intimate link between Corsican identity and Corsican language and creating symbolic parity between Corsican and French. This paper examines the way that pedagogical...
The paper argues that the term ‘literacy’ has become attached to too many disparate practices, and that renewed attention needs to be paid to how the acquisition and use of skills of written communication are conditioned by the core structures of the home, the classroom, and the state. It reviews the current usages of literacy and examines the agenda for further research in the central areas of reading...
The paper argues that the term 'literacy' has become attached to too many disparate practices, and that renewed attention needs to be paid to how the acquisition and use of skills of written communication are conditioned by the core structures of the home, the classroom, and the state. It reviews the current usages of literacy and examines the agenda for further research in the central areas of reading...
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