2nd Edition
Schooling and the Struggle for Public Life Democracy's Promise and Education's Challenge
By Henry A. Giroux
Copyright 2005
292 Pages
by
Routledge
292 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
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Routledge
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This book examines the relationship between democracy and schooling and argues that schools are one of the few spheres left where youth can learn the knowledge and skills necessary to become engaged, critical citizens. Not only is the legacy of democracy addressed through the work of John Dewey and others, but the democratic possibilities of schooling are analyzed through a range of issues... Read more
Introduction: Schooling, Citizenship, and the Struggle for Democracy. Schooling and the Politics of Ethics: Beyond Conservative and Liberal Discourses. Authority, Ethics, and the Politics of Schooling. Schooling and the Politics of Student Voice. Literacy, Critical Pedagogy, and Empowerment. Teacher Education and Democratic Schooling. Conclusion: Beyond the Politics of Anti-Utopianism in Education.
Biography
Henry A. Giroux holds the Global TV Network Chair in Communications at McMaster University in Canada. His most recent books include: The Abandoned Generation: Democracy Beyond the Culture of Fear (Palgrave 2003), co-authored with Susan Searls Giroux; Take Back Higher Education: Race, Youth, and the Crisis of Democracy in the Post Civil Rights Era (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004); The Terror of Neoliberalism (Paradigm, 2004); Border Crossings (Routledge, 2005); and Schooling and the Struggle for Public Life (Paradigm, 2005).
“There are certainly few scholars who have had a greater impact in educational theory than Henry Giroux. His superb intellect is only matched by his prodigious scholarly capacity.
—Teachers College Record
Praise for the First Edition
"I would strongly recommend that [Schooling and the Struggle for Public Life] be read not only by teachers, those who teach teachers, and those who would be teachers, but by everyone concerned about education and the enhancement of democratic possibilities"
—Harvey J. Kaye, Educational Theory
"[In Schooling and the Struggle for Public Life] Giroux offers a thoughtful, theoretically consistent alternative to a technicist vision [of pedagogy]. Hope exists, he concludes, because we can imagine alternatives"
—Joe L. Kincheloe, Educational Studies
