You can read the essay for Tuesday here: http://cuip.uchicago.edu/~cac/nlu/fnd504/anyon.htm
Or instead, you can read a pdf scan of the original article on Jean Anyon's site (scroll down to "selected articles"): http://www.jeananyon.org
For Tuesday, either bring a print-out of the article or your notes on it so you will be prepared to discuss it in class. As you read it, compare how Language Arts is taught in the four different schools. How is the subject is taught? What are the students expected to create and know? How are the students treated? What are they being prepared for? We will be going over these questions in class.
Also, consider how the Anyon article relates to the Jacobs essay. What deeper significance does this comparison yield? If college is all about getting a degree in order to get a job as Jacobs argues, and if elementary schools have a hidden curriculum of work as Anyon argues, what does this say about the purpose of education in the United States? Then add Freire's critique. Where does that lead you?
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