Reading and Writing the Self: Autobiography in Education and the Curriculum

by Robert J. Graham

Book Overview

This text presents a thorough examination of the place and use of autobiography in today's educational system. Graham investigates autobiography as a curricular tool that can be used across all grade levels and all types of subject matter, from the perspectives of literary theory, Deweyan philosophy, and curriculum studies. He explains how the study of autobiography can and should be an integral part of the curriculum for its own sake, as well as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807731269
• ISBN13: 9780807731260
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.