Author: Lou Le Vanche La BrantPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reading
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
An Evaluation of Free Reading in Grades Seven to Twelve, Inclusive
Author: Lou Le Vanche La BrantPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reading
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: United States. Office of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Readers' Liberation
Author: Jonathan RosePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191035424
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities. The category of 'the literary' has always been contentious. What is clear, however, is how increasingly it is dismissed or is unrecognised as a way of thinking or an arena for thought. It is sceptically challenged from within, for example, by the sometimes rival claims of cultural history, contextualized explanation, or media studies. It is shaken from without by even greater pressures: by economic exigency and the severe social attitudes that can follow from it; by technological change that may leave the traditional forms of serious human communication looking merely antiquated. For just these reasons this is the right time for renewal, to start reinvigorated work into the meaning and value of literary reading. For the Internet and digitial generation, the most basic human right is the freedom to read. The Web has indeed brought about a rapid and far-reaching revolution in reading, making a limitless global pool of literature and information available to anyone with a computer. At the same time, however, the threats of censorship, surveillance, and mass manipulation through the media have grown apace. Some of the most important political battles of the twenty-first century have been fought--and will be fought--over the right to read. Will it be adequately protected by constitutional guarantees and freedom of information laws? Or will it be restricted by very wealthy individuals and very powerful institutions? And given increasingly sophisticated methods of publicity and propaganda, how much of what we read can we believe? This book surveys the history of independent sceptical reading, from antiquity to the present. It tells the stories of heroic efforts at self-education by disadvantaged people in all parts of the world. It analyzes successful reading promotion campaigns throughout history (concluding with Oprah Winfrey) and explains why they succeeded. It also explores some disturbing current trends, such as the reported decay of attentive reading, the disappearance of investigative journalism, 'fake news', the growth of censorship, and the pervasive influence of advertisers and publicists on the media--even on scientific publishing. For anyone who uses libraries and Internet to find out what the hell is going on, this book is a guide, an inspiration, and a warning.
Bulletin
Author: University of Kentucky. Bureau of School ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
Statistics of Land-grant Colleges and Universities
Author: United States. Office of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Educational Directory
Author: Needed Research in the Teaching of English
Author: School Library Administration
Author: Nora Ernestine BeustPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library administration
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
A Study of the Effect of Reading Books on the Racial Attitudes of a Group of Eleventh Grade Students in Northerns Schools
Author: George Robert CarlsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Attitude (Psychology)
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description