Essays into Literacy: Selected Papers and Some Afterthoughts

by Frank Smith

This volume contains a number of Frank Smith's classic papers and others from sources not always easily accessible. It also contains some Afterthoughts in which he responds candidly to the questions... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0435082051
• ISBN13: 9780772500205
• Release Date: August 1983
• Publisher: Heinemann
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

The politics of educational ignorance exposed.

In this brief volume, Dr. Frank Smith, a Harvard researcher AND genuinely talented writer, deflates standard educational myths about teaching reading in particular and education in general. He pulls no punches in his condemnation of the bloated nonsense floating around classrooms and insulting our intelligence today. Of particular importance is his famous article, "The Politics of Ignorance." Written over 20 years ago, it is as wise and witty as it was when it first appeared. Get it, read it, and be prepared to reassess everything you thought you knew about education.