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ERIC Number: EJ564774
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1441-0559
Assessment as Communal versus Punitive Practice: Six New Literacy Crises for Australia.
Freebody, Peter
Literacy and Numeracy Studies, v7 n2 p5-17 1997
Six crises are (1) regarding literacy as a single personal attribute; (2) regarding literacy level or practices as a matter of moral accountability; (3) responding punitively or educationally; (4) confusing testable competencies with cultural practices; (5) regarding school and standard literacy practices as the only ones that affect economic or cultural development; and (6) allowing literacy to consolidate ruling class interests. (SK)
Descriptors: Accountability, Discourse Analysis, Educational Assessment, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Social Control, Standards
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia