Critical Pedagogy and the Everyday Classroom

by Tony Monchinski

Overview

Critical Pedagogy addresses the shortcomings of mainstream educational theory and practice and promotes the humanization of teacher and student. Where Critical Pedagogy is often treated as a discourse of academics in universities, this book explores the applications of Critical Pedagogy to actual classroom situations. Written in a straight-forward, concise, and lucid form by an American high school teacher, drawing examples from literature, film, and, above all, the everyday classroom, this book is meant to provoke thought in teachers, students and education activists as we transform our classrooms into democratic sites.

From grading to testing, from content area disciplines to curriculum planning and instruction, from the social construction of knowledge to embodied cognition, this book takes the theories behind Critical Pedagogy and illustrates them at work in common classroom environments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789048178872
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	11/23/2010
Series:	Explorations of Educational Purpose , #3
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
Pages:	227
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Critical Pedagogy: Possibilities and Limit Situations.- The Architecture of Power: Philosophy and Education.- The Architecture of Power (II): Mental Health and Education.- Critical Pedagogy in the Everyday Classroom.- Critical Pedagogy Across the Curriculum.- Stepping Across: Arisratic Elitism Versus Democratic Faith.