Teaching Absurd

Teaching Absurd Language Arts in a High-Security Prison

Paperback (29 Sep 2012)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Elizabeth Howard started teaching language arts in 1961, discovering that not all students are learning to read. This is the story of her final semester in a public school in 1993, the high-security prison Adobe Mountain in Phoenix, AZ. Her story began as an attempt to help adolescent boys learn critical thinking. The story ends with an escape from institutionalization.

Book information

ISBN: 9781478292739
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Language: English
Number of pages: 116
Weight: 163g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 6mm