The New Literacy: Moving beyond the Three R's by Paul J. Morris II, Stephen Tchudi

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Synopsis

The New Literacy is based on research but filled with common sense, cutting through much of the fog of current educational reform rhetoric. Using scholarship, interviews with real people, and current events, authors Morris and Tchudi weave a compelling argument and offer practical solutions to one of the most serious issues facing American education.


?Leila Christenbury, editor, The English Journal

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The authors explore the meaning of literacy today, using interviews with a wide range of citizens to explore the gulf between what is taught in most schools and what is used in everyday life. They then argue that successful literacy education demands the development and nurturing of complex cognitive skills and describe reform strategies that would promote these skills. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Biography

PAUL J. MORRIS is a freelance writer, computer consultant, and student of literacy in America. STEPHEN TCHUDI is a professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno.