Technology and Literacy in the 21st Century: The Importance of Paying Attention
- ISBN-10
- 0809322692
- ISBN-13
- 9780809322695
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 182
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-11-03
- Publisher
- SIU Press
- Author
- Cynthia L. Selfe
Description
Selfe tries to identify the effects of this new literacy agenda, focusing specifically on what she calls "serious and shameful" inequities it fosters in our culture and in the public education system: among them, the continuing presence of racism, poverty, and illiteracy."--BOOK JACKET.
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