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Equity and Models of Literacy in a Diverse World
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Damber, Ulla – Issues in Educational Research, 2012
The autonomous and the ideological model of literacy, and their tentative effects on teachers' practices as well as on research will be discussed in this article, thus emphasizing the need for teaching children not only to read the word, but also the world. Cases where the possibility of implementing critical awareness from the very start of…
Descriptors: Literacy, Models, Equal Education, Ideology
Science, Paradigms, and Values: A Response to Mulick.
Guess, Doug; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
This paper comments on James Mulick's paper (EC 232 032) and views Mulick as rigidly committed to the behavioral paradigm, selectively evaluating data, and misrepresenting the opposition. Because aversive procedures are not wholly effective, positive, educative interventions are encouraged. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Sciences, Ideology
Decolonisation, Globalisation: Language-in-Education Policy and Practice. New Perspectives on Language and Education
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Lin, Angel M. Y., Ed.; Martin, Peter W., Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2005
This volume brings together scholars from around the world to juxtapose the voices of classroom participants alongside the voices of ruling elites with the aim of critically linking language policy issues with classroom practice in a range of contexts. The volume is suitable for postgraduate students, researchers and educators in a range of areas.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Models, Rural Schools, Language Planning