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Understanding and Applying Critical Policy Study: Reading Educators Advocating for Change

Name: Understanding and Applying Critical Policy Study: Reading Educators Advocating for Change
Author: Jacqueline Edmondson
ISBN: 9780872075443

by Jacqueline Edmondson

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Overview

During this time of increased attention to teacher quality and student achievement, it is important that educators understand the policies that affect their work, and, in turn, gain confidence in initiating policy change in the future. This book introduces critical policy study to help readers understand how and why literacy is taught in particular ways. The chapters will raise teachers' awareness by addressing key questions related to critical policy study: Where has the policy come from? Who are the policymakers? What are the consequences of the policy? Who benefits from the policy?The author presents reallife stories that bring teachers' voices to the forefront of literacy issues. These stories provide insight into how teachers might teach differently in the future, based on their efforts to preserve or change the policies in their schools.