Becoming Political, Too: New Readings and Writings on the Politics of Literacy Education

In this text, a follow-up to Becoming Political , Patrick Shannon presents 20 more articles on topics of vital importance to today’s literacy educators. The contributors all begin by asking questions: why are the dominating sides of literacy, teaching and schooling practised more often than the liberating sides?; why do participants in literacy education have so little voice in matters of consequence in their teaching?; who is served by the current organization of schools and the popular representations of school reform?