Becoming a critical educator : defining a classroom identity, designing a critical pedagogy / Patricia H. Hinchey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hinchey, Patricia H., 1951-

Series:

Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 224.

Counterpoints, 1058-1634 ; v. 224

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical pedagogy--United States.

Critical pedagogy.

United States.

Education--Political aspects--United States.

Education.

Education--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

xx, 168 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : P. Lang, [2004]

Contents:

Part I Beginning the Journey: Thinking About Our Thinking

1 Starting Points: Assumptions and Alternatives 3

Why Theory and Philosophy Matter: From the Abstract to the Practical 4

Developing a Personal Stance 6

Historical Possibilities: Traditional Goals 8

An Alternative Agenda: Critical Goals 13

The Why and How of Praxis 19

2 Understanding Our Own Thinking: Developing Critical Consciousness 23

Issues of Race 26

Issues of Gender and Sexual Orientation 35

The Complexity of Cultural Conditioning 43

3 Expanding Our Thinking: Learning about "Other People's Children" 47

Who Are America's Schoolchildren? 49

Poverty, Race, and Schoolchildren 51

Other People's Children: Educational History and Legacies 55

Other People's Children: Current Realities 59

Part II Considering Destinations: Truth, Consequences, and the Critical Vision

4 In the Interest of Everyone But Kids: The Politics of Contemporary Educational Reform 67

Themes in National Political Rhetoric 68

Theme 1 Education as Workforce Preparation 68

Theme 2 Education Is Failing 71

Rhetoric and Realities 74

Why Produce a "Manufactured Crisis"? 77

Corporations on the Crisis Bandwagon 79

Corporations in the Schoolhouse 82

Staging for Twenty-First-Century Reforms 88

5 Consequences of Contemporary Educational Reform: Winners and Losers 91

Standards and High-Stakes Testing 92

The Winners 94

The Losers 98

Moves Toward Privatization 109

The Winners 109

The Losers 111

6 Critical Alternatives for Schools and Teachers 115

Critical Alternatives: Redefining Democracy and Democratic Goals 118

Critical Alternatives: Schooling for Participative Citizenship 122

Education as Critical Inquiry for Social Change 122

Education in Service to the Many 125

Critical Alternatives: Teachers Pursuing Social Justice 127

Teachers Who Understand Social Power Arrangements 128

Teachers Who Respect the Other 132

Teachers as Public Intellectuals 134

Teachers as Risk-Takers 137

Appendix Information and Allies for the Critical Educator 141.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0820461490

OCLC:

50503171