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Making People Our Policy: Grounding Literacy in Lives
Author(s) -
Camangian Patrick
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of adolescent and adult literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1936-2706
pISSN - 1081-3004
DOI - 10.1598/jaal.54.6.8
Subject(s) - literacy , oppression , deconstruction (building) , privilege (computing) , dehumanization , pedagogy , sociology , task (project management) , public relations , political science , mathematics education , psychology , politics , law , management , engineering , economics , waste management
In previous columns in this department, scholars have taken to task the decontextualized and dehumanizing policies of recent and current federal education policies in the United States. While deconstruction of these policies is crucial, these moves must be followed by reconstruction. In this edition of the Adolescent Literacy Policy column, Patrick Camangian discusses what it means to make literacy policy on the ground, to educate students to maximize their interactions in the world around them, and to redefine what it means to be a highly qualified teacher. He also provides concrete examples of literacy‐based assignments that empower students to study self, society, and the world while identifying issues of privilege, social control, and oppression in society.