Useful theory : making critical education practical / edited by Rebecca A. Goldstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goldstein, Rebecca A.

Kathryn Faul and Joseph A. Wallace Fund.

Series:

Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 235.

Counterpoints : studies in the postmodern theory of education, 1058-1634 ; v. 235

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical pedagogy.

Teaching--Philosophy.

Teaching.

Physical Description:

viii, 243 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2007]

Contents:

Introduction: why a book on "useful theory"? What makes theory "useful"? / Rebecca A. Goldstein and Andrew R. Beutel. Pt. 1. From theory ... The perilous pitfalls of praxis: critical pedagogy as "regime of truth" / Rebecca A. Goldstein

The manufacture of intent / John Pascarella

Listening to youth voices: activism and critical pedagogy / Leonisa Ardizzone. Pt. 2. ... Into praxis. What does social justice have to do with us? Sixth graders and pre-service teachers inquire collaboratively / Monica Taylor and Gennife Otinsky

What happened to the street? Seeking democracy through action research / David Lee Keiser and Joelle Tutela

Dignity and democracy in the college classroom: the practice of student self-examination / Juan-Miguel Fernâandez-Balboa. Pt. 3. Critical praxis in the digital age. "Doing technology" in the college classroom: media literacy as critical pedagogy / Vanessa Domine

The practices and process of developing technology fluency across boundaries of race, gender, age, and space / Donna DeGennaro. Pt. 4. Critical praxis and including all "voices". Inclusion for democracy: who's in my classroom, and how do I teach them? / Marissa L. Bier

Disability, culture, simultaneous renewal, and democratic education / Leah A. Henry-Beauchamp

Refugees and education in the United States: developing a critical understanding of Bosnian refugee experiences in New York City schools / Jacqueline Mosselson. Pt. 5. Conclusion. It is a conceptual thing: learning to live critical pedagogy / Rebecca A. Goldstein.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Kathryn Faul and Joseph A. Wallace Fund.

ISBN:

0820463078

9780820463070

OCLC:

70054322