Andrew Lambirth

Literacy on the Left (eBook, PDF)

Reform and Revolution

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 teaching literacy. The book creates a language of critique for methods advocated from liberal, 'left-leaning' sources within the field of education and connects them to left political agendas that aspire to either reform or revolution to change and improve society. These left approaches are then contrasted with politically 'right' agendas.

Methods for the teaching of literacy have for many years been seen to be politically motivated by commentators on the left and the right of politics. This book considers the ideological sources of educational practice in literacy. Methods advocated from more liberal perspective are rarely critiqued and examined for their ideological and political roots.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781441155474
• Artikelnr.: 38303755

Autorenporträt

Andrew Lambirth is a writer, critic and curator. An art critic for The Spectator, he has written for a wide range of publications, including The Sunday Times and The Independent, and from 1990 to 2002 he was contributing editor of RA, the Royal Academy of Arts magazine. He is the author of numerous art books, including Ken Kiff (2001), LS Lowry: Conversation Pieces (2003), Kitaj (2004), Roger Hilton: The Figured Language of Thought (2007) and Nigel Hall: Sculpture and Works on Paper (2008). He is the Professor of Education at the University of Greenwich, UK.