English Language Arts as an Emancipatory Subject: International Perspectives on Justice and Equity in the English Classroom (National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE))

By: Andrew Goodwyn

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Synopsis: English Language Arts as an Emancipatory Subject explores the changing nature and history of the English Language as an emancipatory subject, as well as how its current activities and projects address and challenge inequalities. Various forms of critical literacy have established English teaching as a radical force for social justice and subversion. However, the expert contributors to this book question whether English is a force for good in its capacity to develop literate citizens, or, are there larger contemporary complications surrounding it? This book will re-examine the history of English, its present quality as a classroom subject and its future potential to re-establish itself as an agent of social equality and change. Edited by internationally leading scholars from the UK, USA and Australia with contributions from New Zealand and Canada, this work will also inspire English teachers to view their subject as one through which positive differences are imagined, and complex real-life issues are debated and challenged in the classroom. The volume is an excellent overview of research and the latest thinking about the nature of English as an emancipatory subject, its distinguished history and its potential for the future. It will be a key resource for the research and teacher-education community, English teachers, student teachers, and anyone who views English teaching as a catalyst of social change.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781040255834
Related ISBNs:: 9781032746029, 9781032746074, 9781040255780, 9781003470052
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 12/24/24
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Andrew Goodwyn, Jackie Manuel, Cal Durrant, Marshall George, Wayne Sawyer and Melanie Shoffner
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Education, Language Arts, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Andrew Goodwyn
Edited by:: Cal Durrant
Edited by:: Marshall George
Edited by:: Jacqueline Manuel
Edited by:: Wayne Sawyer
Edited by:: Melanie Shoffner