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Article: Review of Teaching as a Subversive Activity.(Book review)
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- The Clearing House
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- May 1, 2009
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Postman, Neil, and Charles Weingartner; New York: Dela-corte Press; Publication Date: 1969; ISBN-10: 0-385-29009-8.
Editor's note. This is one of several forthcoming reviews of classic books in education. Although published several years ago, these books remain relevant and deserve to be brought to the attention of new teachers.
Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner created a stir with Teaching as a Subversive Activity in the not-so-halcyon days of the late 1960s when everyone was calling for radical reform in public education. As linguists, they brought a special perspective to their critique of schooling. Of the two authors, Postman is better known and ...