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Socializing Civic Debate Through the Disciplinary Literacies: A Hope for Public Education

Sun, April 15, 10:35am to 12:05pm, New York Hilton Midtown, Floor: Second Floor, Murray Hill Room East

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

The papers in this symposium go beyond typical conceptions of civic knowledge to address how reading, writing and problem solving in literature, history, science and mathematics offer generative opportunities to socialize civic debate around some of the most important issues of our time and the complexities of coordinating such debate in public education.

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