Addressing some of the major issues plaguing education, particularly the scandal of illiteracy and the growing mediocrity in academic performance, David Solway argues that the current state of affairs in education is the result not simply of poor training in elementary school or the disappearance of grammatical study from the overall curriculum but of a larger cultural problem.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 306.43
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 0773515364 9780773566422
- LCCN
- LB45
- LCCN Item number
- S596 1997eb
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- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xiv, 313 p.)
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- Canada
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00200407 (OCoLC)144079955 (CaOOCEL)400493
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Acknowledgments 10
- Note on the Text 14
- Note on Notes 16
- Introduction 20
- 1 Grammatical Fictions 22
- 2 Dead Teachers Society 49
- 3 Balnibarbian Architecture 58
- 4 The Anecdotal Function 85
- 5 What about Food? 95
- 6 Script and Nondescript 111
- 7 The Bipolar Paradigm 125
- 8 Charlie Don't Surf 153
- 9 Teaching Down or Learning Up 170
- Notes 206
