Publication

2011 - Teachers College Press, New York, NY, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

33,500 words, Guess

Page Count

134 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC306.4/880973
  • LCCLB1050.2 .S434 2011

Description

"Patrick Shannon examines reading as agency--why reading critically is essential to civic engagement and a healthy democracy. We follow the author as he practices 'wide-awake reading' with a variety of everyday texts from radio programs to legal documents to more traditional books and magazines. Shannon demonstrates how we can and must engage in close reading of the world around us and how teachers, in turn, can help their students make meaning from the information in their lives that often appears to move at warp speed." --From back of book.

Subjects

Reader Reviews

No reviews yet for this book.

Be the first to share your thoughts!