Critical Pedagogy and the Everyday Classroom

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Springer Science & Business Media, 28. juni 2008 - 227 sider

Critical Pedagogy addresses the shortcomings of mainstream educational theory and practice and promotes the humanization of teacher and student. Where Critical Pedagogy is often treated as a discourse of academics in universities, this book explores the applications of Critical Pedagogy to actual classroom situations. Written in a straight-forward, concise, and lucid form by an American high school teacher, drawing examples from literature, film, and, above all, the everyday classroom, this book is meant to provoke thought in teachers, students and education activists as we transform our classrooms into democratic sites.

From grading to testing, from content area disciplines to curriculum planning and instruction, from the social construction of knowledge to embodied cognition, this book takes the theories behind Critical Pedagogy and illustrates them at work in common classroom environments.

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Possibilities and Limit Situations
1
Philosophy and Education
43
Mental Health and Education
94
4
101
6
107
Critical Pedagogy in the Everyday Classroom
115
1
141
5
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7
153
Aristocratic Elitism Versus Democratic Faith
174
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197
Bibliography
207
Index
223
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