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News Release EVENT NEWS / July 2, 2008 Education Scholar Donaldo Macedo to Give Lecture, Teach Class at Boise State University University of Massachusetts professor Donaldo Macedo will give a free lecture and teach a special topics class at Boise State University the week of July 21. Macedo’s free keynote address will be at 5 p.m. July 21 in the Student Union Lookout Room, located on the second floor. Macedo will sign books following his lecture, “The Hegemony of English or Critical Citizenship.” A special poster, created in his honor, also will be unveiled after the lecture. Macedo will also teach a for-credit class on critical citizenship and language-related issues from 5-8 p.m. July 21-25; the free lecture is included in the workshop. Macedo’s workshop will address bilingual/English as a Second Language outcomes. He will present arguments in favor of the promotion of equitable education experiences for all learners, and participants will be invited to engage in critical conversations. His appearance at Boise State is sponsored by the Department of Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language. To register for this one-credit class, visit http://broncoweb.boisestate.edu. The fee for undergraduates is $222 and $267 for graduate and doctoral students. For more information, call 426-4077. Macedo is the graduate program director of the applied linguistics master of arts program at UMass and is a distinguished professor of liberal arts and education. Macedo worked extensively with Paulo Freire, one of the most influential educational thinkers of the 20th century. He has published extensively in the areas of linguistics, critical literacy and bilingual and multicultural education. His publications include “Literacy: Reading the Word and the World,” “Literacies of Power: What Americans Are Not Allowed to Know,” “Dancing with Bigotry,” “Critical Education in the New Information Age,” “Chomsky on Miseducation” and “Ideology Matters,” among many others. -30- Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540, juliehahn@boisestate.edu Boise State University is emerging as a metropolitan research university of distinction. This transformation is being powered by the university’s first comprehensive campaign to support its people, places and programs. That’s why the campaign to raise $175 million in private support is called Destination Distinction.
Last reviewed on Wednesday, July 02, 2008
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