Book Review: E.D. Hirsch, Jr.'s Cultural Literacy: Quality of Life or Mere Level of Brow?.

Campbell, Malcolm B.

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ERIC Number: EJ387990

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Publication Date: 1988

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Book Review: E.D. Hirsch, Jr.'s Cultural Literacy: Quality of Life or Mere Level of Brow?

Campbell, Malcolm B.

Teacher Education Quarterly, v15 n3 p81-91 Sum 1988

A critical examination is made of the central thesis of "Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know" that the acculturative responsibility of American formal education is an essential teaching obligation and each American child should become culturally literate. (JD)

Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy, Social Development, Teacher Responsibility

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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