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Bigelow, Bill – Equity and Choice, 1988
In an integrated high school in Oregon, a course, Literature in American History, sharply deviates from the standard curriculum. Using the pedagogy of Paulo Freire, two teachers encourage students to use analytical skills to radically rethink their assumptions about American society. Social contradictions and new possibilities for social change…
Descriptors: Democracy, Humanistic Education, Instruction, Literature
