English in Mind, Level 2b Book

Though there is a kernel of goodness in this critique of theory, you have to wade through a crap load of caveats and disclaimers. There is way too much "situating" going on here. Ede makes some great points, reminding us that the classroom is far too complex to be contained by a single theory, proposing that theory should come from the ground. I think this book would have been much more effective as an ethnography, where she could actually perform her critique, rather than write a mediocre book about it.