Donaldo Macedo is Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA. He is co-author, with Paulo Freire, of Literacy: Reading the World and the Word (1987).
"At a time when popularizers of cultural literacy are prescribing a
cultural canon for the purpose of prying open the closed minds' of
American youth. . . . Literacy provides an articulate and
courageous response."-Harvard Educational Review
?[This] book directs our attention to literacy in its broadest
sense so that we can better evaluate the shortcomings of our work
as educators at all levels of learning.?-Contemporary Sociology
?Every chapter . . . asks teachers to think again about how they
teach, what they want for their pupils and how to get on with
it.?-The Times Educational Supplement
?Freire and Macedo's work cannot be ignored by the student of
educational change in contemporary society. It should be consulted
by anyone who believes in using education as a vehicle of social
change.?-Small Press Book Review
?Freire's provocative explanation of [literacy] could lead to a
constructive dialectical debate' in the United States.?-The Los
Angeles Times
"�This� book directs our attention to literacy in its broadest
sense so that we can better evaluate the shortcomings of our work
as educators at all levels of learning."-Contemporary Sociology
"Freire's provocative explanation of �literacy� could lead to a
constructive dialectical debate' in the United States."-The Los
Angeles Times
"[This] book directs our attention to literacy in its broadest
sense so that we can better evaluate the shortcomings of our work
as educators at all levels of learning."-Contemporary Sociology
"Every chapter . . . asks teachers to think again about how they
teach, what they want for their pupils and how to get on with
it."-The Times Educational Supplement
"Freire's provocative explanation of [literacy] could lead to a
constructive dialectical debate' in the United States."-The Los
Angeles Times
"Freire and Macedo's work cannot be ignored by the student of
educational change in contemporary society. It should be consulted
by anyone who believes in using education as a vehicle of social
change."-Small Press Book Review
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