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Anson, Chris M. – English Journal, 1988
Criticizes the application in public schools of the new "cultural literacy," which is restrictive and can lead to intellectual stagnation. Suggests a wider, more active concept of cultural literacy, which involves building new knowledge, accommodating new perspectives, and reading beyond the narrow, traditionally defined notions of our…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Discourse Communities, Educational Change, Intellectual Development