Essays Into Literacy

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 and challenges he most frequently receives. They include, Why are you so rude about teachers?, What you say is impossible, How can you teach a child who isn't interested?, How will children learn if they are not continually corrected?, and What would your ideal school be like?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000JSY8K6
• ISBN13: 9780435082055
• Release Date: August 1983
• Publisher: Portsmouth
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 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.