Chapter 10: Image Is Nothing: Struggling to Unsettle Basal Readers and More.
- Resource Type
- Book Chapter
- Authors
- Shannon, Patrick; Crawford, Patricia
- Source
- Power/Knowledge/Pedagogy: The Meaning of Democratic Education in Unsettling Times; 1999, p244-263, 20p
- Subject
- Power/knowledge/pedagogy: The Meaning of Democratic Education in Unsettling Times (Book)
Carlson, Dennis
Apple, Michael W., 1942-
Basal reading instruction
Reading
Books & reading
Technical manuals
- Language
Chapter 10 of the book "Power/Knowledge/Pedagogy: The Meaning of Democratic Education in Unsettling Times," edited by Dennis Carlson and Michael W. Apple is presented. It provides a critical reading of basals to show that books should not be judged by its cover. It discusses how teachers' manuals of recent editions of basals represent the teaching of reading in the 1990s.