Cultural Literacy
What Every American Needs to Know
$37.60
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
18 May 1990
Summary
A must-read for parents and teachers, this major bestseller reveals how cultural literacy is the hidden key to effective education and presents 5000 facts that every literate American should know.
In this forceful manifesto, Professor E. D. Hirsch, Jr., argues that children in the United States are being deprived of the basic knowledge that would enable them to function in contemporary society. They lack cultural literacy—a grasp of background information that writers and speakers ass…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780394758435 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0394758439 |
| Author: | E.D. Hirsch |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 18 May 1990 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 133mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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About The Author
E.D. Hirsch
E. D. Hirsch, Jr. is the author of several acclaimed books on education issues, including the bestseller Cultural Literacy. With his subsequent books The Schools We Need and Why We Don’t Have Them, The Knowledge Deficit, The Making of Americans, and Why Knowledge Matters, Dr. Hirsch solidified his reputation as one of the most influential education reformers of our time. Dr. Hirsch is the founder of the Core Knowledge Foundation and professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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