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The Critical Pedagogy Reader

Second Edition

Edited by Antonia Darder, Marta P. Baltodano, Rodolfo D. Torres

Published July 18th 2008 by Routledge – 604 pages

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Description

Since its publication, The Critical Pedagogy Reader has firmly established itself as the leading collection of classic and contemporary essays by the major thinkers in the field of critical pedagogy. While retaining its comprehensive introduction, this thoroughly revised second edition includes more fully developed section introductions, updated and expanded bibliographies, and up-to-date classroom questions. The book is arranged topically around such issues as class, racism, gender/sexuality, language and literacy, and classroom issues for ease of usage and navigation. In addition, two entirely new sections focused on teacher education and critical issues beyond the classroom provide readers with the all-important tools needed to put critical pedagogical theory into practice in their own classrooms. Carefully attentive to both theory and practice, this new edition remains the definitive source for teaching and learning about critical pedagogy.

Reviews

"I have tried many a collection of readings claiming to capture the essence of critical pedagogy and theory for students. It was not until I found The Critical Pedagogy Reader that I was satisfied. The editors have managed to not only trace the fine historical points and lineages of critical pedagogy, but have compiled a group of articles covering all the gender, class, language, access, race, ethnicity, existential, and classroom concerns that critical pedagogues must address every day. In this age of hyper control and accountability, The Critical Pedagogy Reader not only skillfully identifies and interrogates the oppressive and marginalizing tendencies of institutional education, but it also provides strategies for a future of hope."

--Douglas McKnight, Associate Professor of Curriculum Studies, The University of Alabama

"The editors pull together classics from the history of critical pedagogy, and freshen them up with insightful commentary and lists of questions for discussion. This is a collection of the best work in the field, and should introduce a new generation of students and teachers to the powerful messages of critical pedagogy scholarship."

--Jean Anyon, author of Radical Possibilities: Public Policy, Urban Education, and A New Social Movement

Contents

Critical Pedagogy: An Introduction Antonia Darder, Marta Baltodano, and Rodolfo D. Torres

Part One: Foundations of Critical Pedagogy

Introduction to Part One

Critical Theory and Educational Practice Henry A. Giroux

From Pedagogy of the Oppressed Paulo Freire

Critical Pedagogy: A Look at the Major Concepts Peter McLaren

In Search of a Critical Pedagogy Maxine Greene

Suggested Readings for Future Study

Part Two: Education and Social Class

Introduction to Part Two

Against Schooling: Education and Social Class Stanley Aronowitz

The Surveillance Curriculum: Risk Management and Social Control in the Neoliberal School Torin Monahan

Confronting Class in the Classroom bell hooks

Suggested Readings for Future Study

Part Three: Race and Education

Introduction to Part Three

After Race: An Introduction Antonia Darder and Rodolfo D. Torres

Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education Gloria Ladson-Billings and William F. Tate IV

American Indian Geographies of Identity and Power: At the Crossroads of Indígena and Mestizaje Sandy Marie Anglás Grande

Suggested Readings for Future Study

Part Four: Gender, Sexuality, and Schooling

Introduction to Part Four

Feminist Analysis of Gender and Schooling Kathleen Weiler

Sexuality, Schooling, and Adolescent Females: The Missing Discourse of Desire Michelle Fine

The Tolerance that Dare Not Speak Its Name Cris Mayo

Suggested Readings for Future Study

Part Five: Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy

Introduction to Part Five

What is Critical Literacy? Ira Shor

Teaching How to Read the World and Change It: Critical Pedagogy in the Intermediate Grades Robert E. Peterson

Language Diversity, and Learning Lisa Delpit

Beyond the Methods Fetish: Toward a Humanizing Pedagogy Lilia I. Bartolomé

Suggested Readings for Future Study

Part Six: Critical Issues in the Classroom

Introduction to Part Six

Beyond Accountability: Toward Schools that Create New People for a New Way of Life Pauline Lipman

Standardization, Defensive Teaching, and the Problems of Control Linda McNeil

Writing, Identity, and the Other: Dare We Do Disability Studies? Linda Ware

Paulo Freire's Contributions to Radical Adult Education, Paula Allman

Suggested Readings for Future Study

Part Seven: Critical Pedagogy and Teacher Education

Introduction to Part Seven

Teacher Education and Democratic Schooling Henry H. Giroux

Fighting for Our Lives: Preparing Teachers to Teach African American Students Gloria Ladson-Billings

Bringing Bilingual Education Out of the Basement and Other Imperatives for Teacher Education Sonia Nieto

Suggested Readings for Future Study

Part Eight: Issues Beyond the Classroom

Introduction to Part Eight

Patriotism, Pedagogy, and Freedom: On the Educational Meanings of September 11 Michael Apple

Critical Media Literacy for the Twenty-First Century: Taking Our Entertainment Seriously Pepi Leistyna and Loretta Alper

Towards Ecopedagogy: Weaving a Broad-based Pedagogy of Liberation for Animals, Nature, and the Oppressed People of the Earth Richard Kahn

Folk Schools, Popular Education, and a Pedagogy of Community Action William Westerman

Suggested Readings for Future Study

Epilogue

Teaching as an Act of Love: Reflections on Paulo Freire and His Contributions to Our Lives and Our Work Antonia Darder

Author Bio

Antonia Darder is Professor of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Marta P. Baltodano is Associate Professor of Education at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Rodolfo D. Torres is Professor of Urban Planning at the University of California, Irvine.

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Description: Edited by Antonia Darder, Marta P. Baltodano, Rodolfo D. Torres. Since its publication, The Critical Pedagogy Reader has firmly established itself as the leading collection of classic and contemporary essays by the major thinkers in the field of critical pedagogy. While retaining its comprehensive introduction, this...
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