Exporting the “Violence of Literacy”: Education According to UNESCO and The World Bank

@article{citeulike:1138794, author = {Hurlbert, Claude and Mason, Anestine H. }, citeulike-article-id = {1138794}, comment = {"In this article we argue that literacy educators need to give careful consideration to how the United Nations is committing, through the work of its Specialized Agencies, UNESCO and The World Bank, violence on a global scale. In the case of the World Bank, its eradicate illiteracy policies exclusively promote business literacy while attacking diversity of thought and expression, academic freedom, and teacher knowledge and security. The curricula it disseminates abroad do not value local knowledge, expertise, culture or discursive forms. And its commitment to eliminating teachers’ unions and traditional protections for teachers, such as tenure, is a threat to the forms of academic freedom that make education possible."}, journal = {Composition Forum}, keywords = {712, globalization, labor, literacy}, posted-at = {2007-03-03 22:48:42}, priority = {2}, title = {Exporting the “Violence of Literacy”: Education According to UNESCO and The World Bank}, url = {http://www.fau.edu/compositionforum/16/exporting-violence-literacy.php}, volume = {16}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1138794 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1138794 TI - Exporting the “Violence of Literacy”: Education According to UNESCO and The World Bank JF - Composition Forum VL - 16 KW - 712 KW - globalization KW - labor KW - literacy N1 - "In this article we argue that literacy educators need to give careful consideration to how the United Nations is committing, through the work of its Specialized Agencies, UNESCO and The World Bank, violence on a global scale. In the case of the World Bank, its eradicate illiteracy policies exclusively promote business literacy while attacking diversity of thought and expression, academic freedom, and teacher knowledge and security. The curricula it disseminates abroad do not value local knowledge, expertise, culture or discursive forms. And its commitment to eliminating teachers’ unions and traditional protections for teachers, such as tenure, is a threat to the forms of academic freedom that make education possible." AU - Hurlbert, Claude AU - Mason, Anestine PY - 2006/// UR - http://www.fau.edu/compositionforum/16/exporting-violence-literacy.php ER -