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Download full textMiller, Richard E. – 1989
There is indeed a literacy crisis, but this crisis needs to be reconceived as a crisis in definition. Paulo Freire and Donaldo Macedo's book "Literacy: Reading the Word and the World" can be used to refute E. D. Hirsch's arguments as presented in his "Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know," but this kind of…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Cultural Context, Definitions, Educational Change
Hull, Ronald W. – 1979
A review of ecological problems facing human society is presented and the relationship of education to social change is considered. Basic environmental limitations which are discussed include population; basic materials such as food, fuels, and water; and environmental tolerance. Ecological hazards which combine with these limitations to result in…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Change Agents, Depleted Resources, Ecological Factors
