The Critical Pedagogy Reader

This work brings together the major thinkers in the field of critical pedagogy. It is arranged thematically around such issues as class, racism, gender and sexuality, language and literacy and social change. The editors offer critical questions at the end of each section and a short teaching vignette at the beginning of each section that connects the given critical pedagogy theory to a practical classroom situation.

Table of Contents:
Critical Pedagogy: An Introduction, Antonia Darder, Marta Baltodano, and Rodolfo D. Torres Part I: Foundations of Critical Pedagogy Introduction 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 II: Schooling, Class, and the Economy Introduction Education Incorporated? Henry A. Giroux What the Market Can't Provide, Alex Molnar Confronting Class in the Classroom, bell hooks Revolutionary Pedagogy in Post-Revolutionary Times, Peter McLaren Suggested Readings for Future Study Part III: Race, Racism, And Education Introduction Reclaiming the Borderlands: Chicana/o Identity, Difference, and Critical Pedagogy, C. Alejandra Elenes Toward a Pedagogy of Place for Black Urban Struggle, Stephen Nathan Haymes Reflections on Race and Sex, bell hooks Shattering the "Race" Lens: Toward a Critical Theory of Racism, Antonia Darder and Rodolfo D. Torres Suggested Readings for Future Study Part IV: Gender, Sexuality, and Schooling Introduction Feminist Analyses of Gender and Schooling, Kathleen Weiler Sexuality, Schooling, and Adolescent Females: The Missing Discourse of Desire, Michele Fine Thinking About the Gay Teen, Gerald Unks What Can We Do For You! What Can "We" Do For "You"? Struggling over Empowerment in Critical and Feminist Pedagogy, Jennifer Gore Suggested Readings for Future Study Part V: Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy Introduction Rethinking Literacy: A Dialogue, Paulo Freire and Donaldo Macedo Teaching How to Read the World and Change It: Critical Pedagogy in the Intermediate Grades, Robert E. Peterson Language, Diversity, and Learning, Lisa Delpit Suggested Readings for Future Study Part VI: Critical Issues in the Classroom Introduction Beyond the Methods Fetish: Toward a Humanizing Pedagogy, Lilia I. Bartolomé Borderness and Pedagogy: Exposing Culture in the Classroom, Teresa McKenna Is the New Technology Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem In Education? Michael Apple Suggested Readings for Future Study Part VII: Teaching And Social Transformation Introduction Knowing Ourselves as Instructors, Lee Anne Bell, Sharon Washington, Gerald Weinstein, Barbara Love What Are the Fears and Risks of Transformation? Ira Shore and Paulo Freire Teaching as an Act of Love: Reflections on Paulo Freire and His Contributions to Our Lives and Our Work, Antonia Darder Suggested Readings for Future Study

About the Author :
Antonia Darder is Professor of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Marta Baltodano is Assistant Professor of Education at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Rodolfo D. Torres is Associate Professor of Education, Political Science, and Urban and Regional Planning at the University of California, Irvine.