Critical Theories, Radical Pedagogies, and Global Conflicts
Peter McLaren editor Colin Lankshear editor Heinz Sünker editor Gustavo E Fischman editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
Published:10th Dec '04
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We are living in a time of resurgent global conflicts and imperialistic tensions—a time in which many children are being left behind by school systems that appear more concerned with developing accountability schemes and standardized models of testing than with defending the right of every child to have access to a good education. The efforts of countless teachers, activists, and families working and living in poor areas around the world are labeled as failures, entirely discredited on the basis of their expendability in relation to capital gains, or simply ignored. In response to these oppressive and challenging conditions, this book's contributors—a group of committed educators and activists working in an ethos of solidarity across geopolitical and geographical borders—have advanced arguments and strategies that link educational transformation to the larger struggle to transform oppressive social relations. In a clear attempt to move beyond both nostalgia and romanticism, Critical Theories, Radical Pedagogies, and Global Conflicts draws from a range of viewpoints-conceptual and thematic, transnational and crosscultural, First World and Third World—to articulate new directions for teachers and activists working to demonstrate that another education, and indeed, another world, is possible.
Critical Theories, Radical Pedagogies, and Global Conflicts is a reminder to teachers and teacher educators to continue to explore our own acts of teaching and learning, to expand students? experiences, and to contribute student and educator voicesto a wider movement for social justice. Fischman, McLaren, Sünker, and Lankshear?s volume offers compelling arguments and insightful strategiessss * Teachers College Record *
Education researchers from North America and Europe explore global conflicts and the prospects of critical theories and radical pedagogies as bases for engaging in the practice of critique under contemporary and foreseeable conditions. They address some recent educational developments linked to contemporary global conflicts, explore critical theories, and rethink critical pedagogy at a time of resurgent global conflicts and imperialistic tensions. * Reference and Research Book News *
Critical Theories, Radical Pedagogies, and Global Conflicts is a reminder to teachers and teacher educators to continue to explore our own acts of teaching and learning, to expand students’ experiences, and to contribute student and educator voices to a wider movement for social justice. Fischman, McLaren, Sünker, and Lankshear’s volume offers compelling arguments and insightful strategies * Teachers College Record *
ISBN: 9780742530720
Dimensions: 231mm x 154mm x 28mm
Weight: 567g
384 pages