Melanie Stonebanks | April 3, 2012
by Melanie Stonebanks Knowledge emerges only through invention and re-invention, through the restless, impatient continuing, hopeful inquiry (we) pursue in the world, with the world, and with each other. – Paulo Freire In...
Read MoreMelanie Stonebanks | February 14, 2012
by Melanie Stonebanks You don’t have to have all the answers. You only need to know the questions to ask. As has been discussed in the previous two postings on this topic, critical literacy is a way to use texts to help...
Read MoreMelanie Stonebanks | December 14, 2011
by Melanie Stonebanks My husband and I have spent years discussing and debating our perspectives and understanding of every aspect of the field of education. We met when we were in high school, and went our separate ways for a...
Read MoreMelanie Stonebanks | November 8, 2011
by Melanie Stonebanks This blog post is the first in a series of three looking into the world of Critical Literacy; an instructional approach that encourages readers to actively analyze what they are reading in order to question...
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