Lying about the Wolf: Essays in Culture and Education 9780773566422
Addressing some of the major issues plaguing education, particularly the scandal of illiteracy and the growing mediocrit
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English Pages 336 [332] Year 1997
Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on the Text
Note on Notes
Introduction
1 Grammatical Fictions
2 Dead Teachers Society
3 Balnibarbian Architecture
4 The Anecdotal Function
5 What about Food?
6 Script and Nondescript
7 The Bipolar Paradigm
8 Charlie Don't Surf
9 Teaching Down or Learning Up
Notes
