William J Letts

Biographic Data

ID208159
NAMEWilliam J Letts
GIVEN NAMESWilliam J
FAMILY NAMELetts
SIGNATURELETTS W J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Delaware
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT3
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
H-INDEX0

  • Why Doesn't the Creed Read "Always Be Critical"? An Examination of a Liberal Curriculum

    Open AccessHope Longwell‐grice, William J LettsARTICLEAnthropology & Education Quarterly2001References: 11

    Using ethnographic data collected in a second grade classroom over the course of a school year, this paper describes the ways in which one school's discourse of liberalism is deleteriously deployed. We view the school's discipline creed as emblematic of the school's liberal curriculum, and interrogate the effects on four African American boys in the classroom when the school enacts this creed. Despite the agency that these boys obviously had, the…

  • Schools for Growth: Radical Alternatives to Current Educational Models

    Open AccessE Matusov, Patricia Lowery et al.ARTICLEAnthropology & Education Quarterly1999

    Schools for Growth: Radical Alternatives to Current Educational Models. Lois Holzman. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997. xi + 152 pp

  • It's Not My Style: Using Disclaimers to Ignore Gender Issues in Science

    Open AccessBambi L Bailey, Kathryn Scantlebury et al.ARTICLEJournal of Teacher Education1997References: 13

    The authors of National Science Education Standards consider equitable science education prerequisite to a scientifically literate society (National Research Council, 1996). Issues of equity and teaching, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills are inherent in discussions about science education reform (National Research Council, 1996; Rutherford & Ahlgren, 1990). Refocusing the goals of K-12 science education increases the need for science…