Critical pedagogy for social justice / by John Smyth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smyth, John, 1944-

Series:

Critical Pedagogy Today

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical pedagogy.

Teaching--Social aspects.

Teaching.

Social action.

Social justice--Study and teaching.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2011.

Summary:

We live in a time when those who wield unrestrained power believe they have the inalienable right to determine the destiny, nature and shape of social institutions like schools. Critical Pedagogy for Social Justice challenges this arrogance by showing how teachers, students, parents, communities, and researchers can develop narratives that amount to working with and for those who are increasingly being silenced, marginalised and excluded. John Smyth sets out to revisit critical pedagogy from a number of key leverage points. The overarching aim of the book is to unmas

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; CHAPTER 1 Critical Hope That Aims to Counter 'the Crippling Fatalism of Neoliberalism'; CHAPTER 2 Teachers-as-Intellectuals in Neoliberal Times; CHAPTER 3 Students-as-Activists in Their Own Learning; CHAPTER 4 Critically Engaged'Community Capacity Building' That 'Speaks Back' to Social Exclusion; CHAPTER 5 Continuing the Struggle . . . Pursuing the Light on the Hill through a Conversation with Joe Kincheloe; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613321992

9781441127792

1441127798

9781283321990

1283321998

9781441102591

1441102590

OCLC:

762690073