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Critical Pedagogy And The Everyday Classroom [electronic resource] /by Tony Monchinski.

by Monchinski, Tony [author.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Explorations Of Educational Purpose: 3Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.Description: online resource.ISBN: 9781402084638.Subject(s): Education | Teachers -- Training of | Education -- Philosophy | Education | Education (general) | Teacher Education | Education & Society | Educational PhilosophyDDC classification: 370 Online resources: Click here to access online
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: Aristocratic Elitism Versus Democratic Faith.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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.
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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: Aristocratic Elitism Versus Democratic Faith.

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.

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