Unschooling Critical Pedagogy, Unfixing Schools

ISBN-13: 9781433161858 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 170 str.

John E. Petrovic

Opis

Unschooling Critical Pedagogy, Unfixing Schools argues that critical pedagogy's tendency to try to "fix" schools denies and misreads the material dimension of schooling, thereby unnecessarily limiting possibilities for human flourishing within educational environments.

Recenzje

"This is a very interesting and timely contribution to the discussions in the field of education. With the recent worldwide rise of extremism, both of the left and right, this book provides a well-balanced and thought-provoking discussion on the problems of, and need to (un)fix schools. There is a longstanding tradition of both liberal and conservative groups seeking to fix education and thereby applying their too often temporary solution. However, as the author suggests, it is our urge to try to control and fix education that might be the very problem with education; thus education needs to be unfixed. In addition, it also makes credible reference to some stimulating philosophical figures, such as Louis Pierre Althusser, and this adds strongly to the appeal of the volume. The format and general style make it very suitable for both students as well as academics."-Alex Guilherme, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Spis treści

Acknowledgments - Intro duction: Unschooling Critical Pedagogy and Unfixing Education -Fixing Education - Unfixing Education with Critical Pedagogy - Critical Pedagogy within an Ideological State Apparatus - Unschooling Against the Ideological State Apparatus - Unschooling in and out of Schools - Authenticity, Identity Politics, and Critical Pedagogy - References - Index.

O autorze

John E. Petrovic is Professor and Program Coordinator for the Social and Cultural Studies Concentration in the College of Education at The University of Alabama. He earned his PhD from University of Colorado in foundations of education, specializing in philosophy and policy studies. He has been President of the Southeast Philosophy of Education Society and Secretary of the American Educational Studies Association. He has served on several editorial boards including those of the American Educational Research Journal, International Multilingual Research Journal, and Thresholds in Education. He is Executive Editor of Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education. He is author of A Post-liberal Approach to Language Policy (2015) and his recent edited volumes include Indigenous Philosophies of Education Around the World (co-edited with Roxanne Mitchell, 2018) and Citizenship Education Around the World: Local Contexts and Global Possibilities (co-edited with Aaron Kuntz, 2014). Petrovic teaches courses on multicultural education, language policy, and philosophy of education.