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This was the opening sentence on the syllabus for a course on critical literacy, taken at a time when my understanding of literacy had just become redefined. The course asked its participants to consider literacy through the lens of criticism, considering its history, its importance and its practical application. Encountering those questions that first evening was confounding. I had just finished a course that allowed me to understand and define literacy in a whole new way.
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Beeharry, J. (2016). Embracing the Criticism. In: Cooper, K., Anwaruddin, S.M. (eds) Student Voice. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-408-4_2
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