SCHOOLS: Subverting the English curriculum*

Postmodern teaching theories, such as critical literacy, threaten to deprive students of their cultural heritage, and should have no place in English classes, says Kevin Donnelly.It is no wonder the head of the Australian Association for the Teaching (AATE) of English would defend critical literacy. Writing in The Australian (Letters, July 25), Paul Sommer argued the approach does not represent a “radical notion” and that critical literacy is part of the mainstream in the US and Britain. Wrong o…

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