Language, Nation, and Identity in the Classroom: Legacies of Modernity and Colonialism in Schooling(Counterpoints)

Series: Counterpoints

Language, Nation, and Identity in the Classroom critiques the normalizing aspects of schooling and the taken-for-granted assumptions in education about culture, identity, language, and learning. The text applies theories of postmodernism, postcolonialism, and other critical cultural theories from disciplines often overlooked in the field of education.