Literacy as Commodity: Redistributing the Goods.

Elsasser, Nan|Irvine, Patricia

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ERIC Number: EJ475291

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0574

Literacy as Commodity: Redistributing the Goods.

Elsasser, Nan; Irvine, Patricia

Journal of Education, v174 n3 p26-40 1992

A rationale is presented for educational change and the strategies to achieve it. The model of speech communities of Dell Hymes is used to show how language differences are connected to social and economic disparities. Efforts to create new speech communities to overcome inequalities are discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Change Strategies, Cultural Differences, Economic Factors, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Language, Literacy, Minority Groups, Multicultural Education, Social Class

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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