text, lies, & videotape: stories about life, literacy, & learning - Softcover

Shannon, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0435081209 ISBN 13: 9780435081201

Publisher: Heinemann, 1995

Synopsis

What can dropping a ping-pong ball down a pant leg tell us about the social class and ethnic tracking in public schools? How can a cab ride during a blizzard in New York City project another rationale for schooling? When do children's questions about flying whales on videotape suggest new ways to teach literacy?

Using stories from his everyday life, Patrick Shannon student, teacher, and parent--challenges traditional thinking about learning, literacy, and life. In text, lies, & video tape, Shannon refocuses the debate about schooling to the question of how we wish to live together.

About this title

About the Author

Patrick Shannon's latest book with Heinemann is Closer Readings of the Common Core, an analysis and critique the Common Core State Standards. He and his colleagues seek answers to the big questions about standards (Common to whom? Core of What?) by examining the product and process of the CCSS document, its creation, and its adoption. A former preschool and primary grades teacher, Pat is currently a professor of education at The Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of numerous other Heinemann titles, including Reading Against Democracy (2005); Education, Inc. (2002); Becoming Political, Too (2001); iShop, You Shop (2001); Reading Poverty (1998); text, lies, & video tape: stories about life, literacy, & learning (1995); and Becoming Political: Readings and Writings in the Politics of Literacy Education (1992), all published by Heinemann.

From Booklist

Professor Shannon's book is a call to action for parents and educators who wish to make a difference in American education. He readily dismisses cultural and psychological literacy in favor of a naturalistic, critical perspective that embraces personal and multicultural differences. Convinced that we use stories to interpret our world, Shannon employs examples from his family's experiences to show us the approaches we can use to make sense of that world. He even runs us through a "Wal-Mart curriculum" to illustrate how a visit to the store could teach children a lesson in civic life: How does such a business affect the community it invades? Shannon demands that schools promote civic courage and responsibility to enable students to serve all of society. This must be done through noncompetitive, question-centered curricula that advocate participation in the social order and foster commonality among diversity. The book concludes with a comprehensive bibliographic essay that could keep any parent or educator busy reading for some time to come. Patricia Hassler

Edition details

• Publisher: Heinemann
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0435081209
• ISBN 13: 9780435081201
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144