This book examines the strengths and weaknesses of different aspects of educational provision in small states whose populations encounter specific challenges, threats and opportunities.
This book was published as a special issue of the Comparative Education.
This book examines the strengths and weaknesses of different aspects of educational provision in small states whose populations enco...
In this concise and accessible text, Peter Mayo outlines some of the major concepts in Freire's praxis. In pursuit of a critically engaging pedagogy, Mayo compares Freire's work with a range of other thinkers and educators, including Lorenzo Milani, Antonia Darder, John Dewey, Margaret Ledwith, Antonio Gramsci, and Henry Giroux.
Chapters in the book include discussions of the State's role in education - specifically higher education; a critical analysis of the dominant discourse in education centering on 'competences' and the type of slant this discourse takes; a study of adult...
In this concise and accessible text, Peter Mayo outlines some of the major concepts in Freire's praxis. In pursuit of a critically engaging pedagogy, ...
This book sheds light on the work of one of the 20th century s foremost critical educators, the Italian Lorenzo Milani (1923 1967), on the 90th anniversary of his birth. It provides an exposition and critical analysis of the ideas contained in his writings, ideas that emerged from his experiences in two Tuscan localities. The work of Milani and the School of Barbiana that he directed provide signposts for a critically and sociologically engaged pedagogy. Important themes include education and class politics; education and imperialism; education and the culture of militarization; the...
This book sheds light on the work of one of the 20th century s foremost critical educators, the Italian Lorenzo Milani (1923 1967), on the 90th annive...
This book sheds light on the work of one of the 20th century s foremost critical educators, the Italian Lorenzo Milani (1923 1967), on the 90th anniversary of his birth. It provides an exposition and critical analysis of the ideas contained in his writings, ideas that emerged from his experiences in two Tuscan localities. The work of Milani and the School of Barbiana that he directed provide signposts for a critically and sociologically engaged pedagogy. Important themes include education and class politics; education and imperialism; education and the culture of militarization; the...
This book sheds light on the work of one of the 20th century s foremost critical educators, the Italian Lorenzo Milani (1923 1967), on the 90th annive...
