Breaking free : the life and times of Peter Mclaren, radical educator / written by Peter McLaren ; illustrated by and Miles Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLaren, Peter, author.

Contributor:

Wilson, Miles, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McLaren, Peter, 1948-.

McLaren, Peter.

Education--Political aspects.

Education.

Educators--Canada.

Educators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (119 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Gorham, Maine : Myers Education Press, [2019]

Summary:

From Myers Education Press--the publisher who brought you such titles as A School with a View , Childhoods , and Student Activism in the Academy --comes a story or rather...a series of stories that are as out of this world as its protagonist. Long before he became a renowned Critical Studies professor at Chapman University, Peter McLaren was just another Toronto native trying to survive in a conservative working-class family. His father fought in WWII while his mother put food on the table, but--like his father--Peter was caught in his own battles dodging abusive teachers and navigating through an academic roller-coaster. Sure, his home life may be ripped from a '50s sitcom on the surface; but his background and the rest of his life from that point on was far from one...or maybe it was. This book chronicles Peter's cross-country climb up the educational ladder as a teacher steeped in the school system, his encounters with various key players in history--from the Black Panthers to Timothy Leary, and everything else in between. Perfect for coursessuch as: History of Education, Race and Ethnic Studies, Sociology of Education,Social Justice and Education, Democracy and Civics, Community Engagement,Policy Studies, and Critical Race Theory.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-9755-0170-5