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Author Borg, Carmel, author

Title Social class, language and power : 'Letter to a teacher' : Lorenzo Milani and the school of Barbiana / Carmel Borg, Mario Cardona and Sandro Caruana
Published Rotterdam, The Netherlands : Sense Publishers, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 221 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- Language Use and Style in 'Lettera a Una Professoressa' -- Letter to a Teacher -- Part One -- Compulsory Schooling Cannot Fail its Students -- Part Two -- At the Magistrali you also Fail, But ... -- Part Three -- Documentation -- Notes and Commentary -- Epilogue
Summary This book foregrounds the ideas of an important European pedagogue whose writings provide insights for a critical social justice oriented approach to education. Lorenzo Milani has all the credentials to be regarded as potentially a key source of inspiration for critical pedagogy. Milani's approach to education for social justice gives importance to a number of issues, notably social class issues, race issues especially with his critique of North-South relations and cultural/technological transfer, the collective dimension of learning and action (emphasis is placed on reading and writing the wo
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Contains a translation of: Lettera a una professoressa
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Subject Milani, Lorenzo
SUBJECT Milani, Lorenzo fast
Lettera a una professoressa
Lettera a una professoressa fast
Subject Educational sociology -- Italy
Critical pedagogy -- Italy
Social justice -- Italy
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Droit.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Critical pedagogy
Educational sociology
Social justice
Italy
Form Electronic book
Author Cardona, Mario, author
Caruana, Sandro, author
ISBN 9789462094796
9462094799
9462094772
9789462094772
OTHER TI Lettera a una professoressa. English. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007022769