Critical Education Practice
Anatomy of a Collaboration: Study of a College of Education/Public School Partnership
1st Edition
By Judith J. Slater
May 26, 2016
This book is a case study of a partnership between a college of education and a large urban school system in a joint project to build and sustain a collaboration for an elementary school to be built on the university campus. It provides insights into the perceptions of each party and describes the ...
Critical Art Pedagogy: Foundations for Postmodern Art Education
1st Edition
By Richard Cary
February 29, 2016
First published in 1998, this work identifies the possibilities, concepts, needs and strategies for radical reform of traditional art education by resituating it within the postmodern paradigm. It advocates continued research to inform theory and practice in art education, providing detailed ...
Freireian Pedagogy, Praxis, and Possibilities: Projects for the New Millennium
1st Edition
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By Stanley F. Steiner, H. Mark Krank, Peter McLaren, Robert E. Bahruth
February 29, 2016
Scholar, activist, and educator Paulo Freire was one of the first thinkers to fully appreciate the relationships between education, politics, imperialism, and liberation. This volume is a testament to the works of Paulo Freire in the field of Education as well as the life of the man: a "story of ...
Pedagogy and the Politics of the Body: A Critical Praxis
1st Edition
By Sherry Shapiro
December 18, 2015
Working within the relatively new perspective on the body as a zone of critical praxis, Shapiro lays the foundation for the theory and practice of a somatically oriented critical pedagogy."...
Becoming Multicultural: Personal and Social Construction Through Critical Teaching
1st Edition
By Terry Ford, Shirley R. Steinberg
May 07, 2015
This book argues that becoming multicultural is a process of recursive cycles that must involve confrontational dialogue for change. Multicultural education texts often describe multiculturalism as a process where a person develops competencies of perceiving, evaluating, believing, and doing in ...
Everybody Belongs: Changing Negative Attitudes Toward Classmates with Disabilities
1st Edition
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By Joe Kincheloe, Arthur Shapiro, Shirley R. Steinberg
June 16, 2000
The evil prosthesis of Captain Hook, the comical speech of Porky Pig, and the bumbling antics of Mr. Magoo are all examples of images in our culture which can become the basis of negative attitudes and subliminal prejudice towards persons with disabilities. These attitudes influence and underlie ...
Democratic Social Education: Social Studies for Social Change
1st Edition
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By David W. Hursh, E. Wayne Ross
April 27, 2000
In 1932 George Counts, in his speech "Dare the School Build a New Social Order?" explicitly challenged teachers to develop a democratic, socialistic society. In Democratic Social Education: Social Studies for Social Change Drs. Hursh and Ross take seriously the question of what social studies ...
The Dramatic Arts and Cultural Studies: Educating against the Grain
1st Edition
By Kathleen S. Berry
January 01, 2000
This book presents a wide range of contemporary theories borrowed from Cultural Studies augmented with practical implications that support dramatic artists in their struggle to create possible multiple realities for a postmodern future. Teachers, directors, writers, students, and many others ...
Examining Science Teaching in Elementary School from the Perspective of a Teacher and Learner
1st Edition
By Margery Osborne
April 01, 1999
Osborne examines the way relationships between subject matter, teacher, and children are constructed in the context of teaching science in the lower elementary grades. This is a study of how relationships evolve, how they are initiated, and how they change over time as the components interact and ...
Curriculum: Toward New Identities
1st Edition
By William Pinar
January 01, 1998
This collection of essays by established writers in postmodern pedagogy stakes out new conceptual territories, redefines the field, and presents a complete review of contemporary curriculum practice and theory in a single volumeDrawing upon contemporary research in political, feminist, theological,...
Writing Educational Biography: Explorations in Qualitative Research
1st Edition
By Craig Kridel, Craig Kridel
January 01, 1998
This collection examines the many influences of biographical inquiry in education and discusses methodological issues from the perspective of veteran and novice biographers. Contributors underscore the documentary, interpretive, and literary concerns of biographical and archival work, and their ...
Educational Reform: A Deweyan Perspective
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By Douglas J. Simpson, Michael J. B. Jackson
March 01, 1997
First published in 1997. This book illuminates contemporary educational reform discussions regarding teacher education programs and pre-K-12 schools by providing a clear analysis and application of John Dewey's relevant educational writings and ideas. The volume addresses issues of how future ...