This text is a provocative investigation of the political, social, and economic factors underlying classroom practices, offering a unique introduction to the contemporary field of critical pedagogy. Life in Schools features excerpts from the author's best-selling work, Cries from the Corridor: The New Suburban Ghetto. The text provokes analytic discussion of social problem This text is a provocative investigation of the political, social, and economic factors underlying classroom practices, offering a unique introduction to the contemporary field of critical pedagogy. Life in Schools features excerpts from the author's best-selling work, Cries from the Corridor: The New Suburban Ghetto. The text provokes analytic discussion of social problems and a theoretical framework for formulating potential solutions (Parts III & IV). It also includes a new discussion of race and class, a chapter on the social construction of whiteness, and a new chapter that challenges current domestic and foreign policies of the current White House administration (including the No Child Left Behind Act) and their impact upon American public schooling.
Life in Schools: An Introduction to Critical Pedagogy in the Foundations of Education
This text is a provocative investigation of the political, social, and economic factors underlying classroom practices, offering a unique introduction to the contemporary field of critical pedagogy. Life in Schools features excerpts from the author's best-selling work, Cries from the Corridor: The New Suburban Ghetto. The text provokes analytic discussion of social problem This text is a provocative investigation of the political, social, and economic factors underlying classroom practices, offering a unique introduction to the contemporary field of critical pedagogy. Life in Schools features excerpts from the author's best-selling work, Cries from the Corridor: The New Suburban Ghetto. The text provokes analytic discussion of social problems and a theoretical framework for formulating potential solutions (Parts III & IV). It also includes a new discussion of race and class, a chapter on the social construction of whiteness, and a new chapter that challenges current domestic and foreign policies of the current White House administration (including the No Child Left Behind Act) and their impact upon American public schooling.
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J-Lynn Van Pelt –
This is a radical view of education written by a radical critical pedagogue. McLaren uses journal entries of his own teaching journey to demonstrate the state of education in America, especially the inequities of education for economically disadvantaged students. He deconstructs institutional oppression and unspoken power structures found in the public schools. Paying close attention to social stratifications such as class and race, McLaren introduces the concepts of critical pedagogy from theor This is a radical view of education written by a radical critical pedagogue. McLaren uses journal entries of his own teaching journey to demonstrate the state of education in America, especially the inequities of education for economically disadvantaged students. He deconstructs institutional oppression and unspoken power structures found in the public schools. Paying close attention to social stratifications such as class and race, McLaren introduces the concepts of critical pedagogy from theory to curriculum.
Fred R –
To be honest I'm still a little shocked at how politicized the education sector is. Additionally, I feel like there's a real disconnect between the obvious lessons one would draw from the personal experiences as a teacher that open the book and the conclusions he draws near the end. To be honest I'm still a little shocked at how politicized the education sector is. Additionally, I feel like there's a real disconnect between the obvious lessons one would draw from the personal experiences as a teacher that open the book and the conclusions he draws near the end.
Nico Meyering –
McLaren is a revolutionary educator. There's something here for both the casual reader and for the budding teacher/educational theorists. It's like Kaufman's "Up The Down Staircase", but more contemporary. You can't read it and not have sympathy for teachers. McLaren is a revolutionary educator. There's something here for both the casual reader and for the budding teacher/educational theorists. It's like Kaufman's "Up The Down Staircase", but more contemporary. You can't read it and not have sympathy for teachers.
Aaron Fowles –
A great channel through which critical pedagogy can travel to urban schools in North America.
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I heart you, Peter McLaren
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