Description:
This collection of Allan Luke's key writings on educational policy, curriculum, and school reform follows the development and use of critical discourse analyses to study educational policy and practice. The volume includes examples of policy formation for social justice, and an auto-ethnographic view on the need for educational reform.
Review Quotes:
"This is a superb selection of some of Allan Luke's hardest-hitting and wisest contributions to educational policy. It provides invaluable insights regarding the major debates and theories that impact the everyday lives of front-line educational workers. It is a wonderful gift to the education profession."
--Barbara Comber, University of South Australia, Australia
"The collection is a scholarly feast for educational scholars, public intellectuals and graduate students--especially those of us interested in literacy personally, locally, and globally."
--Robert J. Tierney, University of British Columbia, Canada