num_pages: 251
description: An argument for establishing a core curriculum of the basic information everyone needs to know, based on the author's hypothesis that being culturally literate is the foundation of intellectual competence.AcknowledgmentsPrefaceLiteracy &amp; cultural literacyThe discovery of the schema National language &amp; national culture American diversity &amp; public discourseCultural literacy &amp; the schools The practical outlookAppendix: what literate Americans knowNotesIndex
language: English
title: Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know
titlecomplete: Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know
genres: Cultural, Social Science, Reference, Teaching, Politics, Philosophy, Education, Nonfiction, Sociology, History
ratings_count: 1421
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co. (Boston)