Description: Critical Pedagogy and Social Change : Critical Analysis on the Language of Possibility, Paperback by Cho, Seehwa, ISBN 0415886112, ISBN-13 9780415886116, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US At its core, the main goal of critical pedagogy is deceptively simple—to construct schools and education as agents of change. While noble and ambitious, it is not always realistic in a climate of increased commodification, privatization of schooling, and canned curriculum. By assuming rather than articulating its own possibilities, critical pedagogy literature itself is often its own worst enemy in its call for transformation. With such challenges from both within and without, is the idea of liberatory pedagogy for social change out of reach or can critical educators really achieve the rather high call for social change? What alternative visions of schooling does critical pedagogy truly offer against the mainstream pedagogy? In short, what are the political projects of critical pedagogy? This powerful and accessible text breaks with tradition by teasing out mere assumptions, and provides a concrete illustration and critique of today’s critical pedagogy. Veteran teacher educator Seehwa Cho begins th with an engaging overview of the history of critical pedagogy and a clear, concise breakdown of key concepts and terms. Not content to hide behind rhetoric, Cho forces herself and the reader to question the most basic assumptions of critical pedagogy, such as what a vision of social change really means. After a thoughtful and pithy analysis of the politics, possibilities and agendas of mainstream critical pedagogy, Cho takes the provocative step of arguing that these dominant discourses are ultimately what stifle the possibility for true social change. Without focusing on micro-level approaches to alternatives, Cho concludes by laying out some basic principles and future directions for critical pedagogy. Both accessible and provocative, Critical Pedagogy and Social Change is a significant contribution to the debates over critical pedagogy and a fresh, much-needed examination of teaching and learning for social justice in the classroom and community beyond.
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Book Title: Critical Pedagogy and Social Change : Critical Analysis on the La
Number of Pages: 198 Pages
Publication Name: Critical Pedagogy and Social Change : Critical Analysis on the Language of Possibility
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Multicultural Education, General, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 0.4 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 8 Oz
Author: Seehwa Cho
Item Length: 7.7 in
Subject Area: Education
Series: Critical Social Thought Ser.
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
