Book Series in Education
Critical Education Practice
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Everybody Belongs
Changing Negative Attitudes Toward Classmates with Disabilities
The evil prosthesis of Captain Hook, the comical speech of Porky Pig, and the bumbling antics of Mr. Magoo are all examples of images in… read more2000 | Paperback: 978-0-8153-3960-1 (Routledge)
Democratic Social Education
Social Studies for Social Change
In 1932 George Counts, in his speech "Dare the School Build a New Social Order?" explicitly challenged teachers to develop a democratic, socialistic society. In… read more2000 | Paperback: 978-0-8153-3728-7 (Routledge)
The Dramatic Arts and Cultural Studies
Educating against the Grain
This book presents a wide range of contemporary theories borrowed from Cultural Studies augmented with practical implications that support dramatic artists in their struggle to… read more2000 | Paperback: 978-0-8153-3727-0 (Routledge)
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Freireian Pedagogy, Praxis, and Possibilities
Projects for the New Millennium
Scholar, activist, and educator Paulo Freire was one of the first thinkers to fully appreciate the relationships between education, politics, imperialism, and liberation. This volume… read more1999 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-3377-7 (Routledge)
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Becoming Multicultural
Personal and Social Construction Through Critical Teaching
This book argues that becoming multicultural is a process of recursive cycles that must involve confrontational dialogue for change. Multicultural education texts often describe… read more1999 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-2199-6 (Routledge)
The Post-Formal Reader
Cognition and Education
This volume argues that while twentieth century educational psychology has made important advances, a time for reassessment has arrived. Recent years have seen the rise… read more1999 | Paperback: 978-0-8153-3399-9 (Routledge)
Examining Science Teaching in Elementary School from the Perspective of a Teacher and Learner
Osborne examines the way relationships between subject matter, teacher, and children are constructed in the context of teaching science in the lower elementary grades. This… read more1999 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-2569-7 (Routledge)
Pedagogy and the Politics of the Body
A Critical Praxis
Working within the relatively new perspective on the body as a zone of critical praxis, Shapiro lays the foundation for the theory and practice of… read more1998 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-2781-3 (Routledge)
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Critical Art Pedagogy
Foundations for Postmodern Art Education
This work identifies the possibilities, concepts, needs and strategies for radical reform of traditional art education by resituating it within the postmodern paradigm. It advocates… read more1998 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-0915-4 (Routledge)
Teaching from Understanding
Teacher As Interpretive Inquirer
Using discussion and practical examples, this source book clarifies how teacher's personal growth and program planning unfold in pursuing their own interpretive inquiries. The chapters… read more1998 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-1166-9 (Routledge)