Publisher's Synopsis
In the volatile cultural and economic conditions facing modern societies, literacy education has become the target of public dispute. Literacy educators have seen their options in terms of two major approaches to teaching and learning: either basic skills and accountability for specific outcomes or personal and community empowerment and process.
This group of leading international and Australian scholars moves beyond this often disabling opposition to discuss a range of contemporary theoretical positions on literacy education. They look at the materials and practicies of literacy in different social and ideological settings including schooling, literary studies, cross-cultural education and popular culture. They also show how all students can be taught to deal critically with the texts and discourses of contemporary culture.
Constructing Critical Literacies is the best overview of issues in literacy education currently available.
