Becoming a Critical Educator : Defining a

Patricia H. Hinchey is Associate Professor of Education at Pennsylvania State University.

Foreword

xi

Preface

xix

Acknowledgments

xxi

PART I BEGINNING THE JOURNEY: THINKING ABOUT OUR THINKING

1 Starting Points: Assumptions and Alternatives

3

(20)

Why Theory and Philosophy Matter: From the Abstract to the Practical

4

(2)

Developing a Personal Stance

6

(2)

Historical Possibilities: Traditional Goals

8

(5)

An Alternative Agenda: Critical Goals

13

(6)

The Why and How of Praxis

19

(3)

Note

22

(1)

For Further Reading

22

(1)

2 Understanding Our Own Thinking: Developing Critical Consciousness

23

(24)

Issues of Race

26

(9)

Issues of Gender and Sexual Orientation

35

(8)

The Complexity of Cultural Conditioning

43

(1)

For Further Reading

44

(3)

3 Expanding Our Thinking: Learning about "Other People's Children"

47

(20)

Who Are America's Schoolchildren?

49

(2)

Poverty, Race, and Schoolchildren

51

(4)

Other People's Children: Educational History and Legacies

55

(4)

Other People's Children: Current Realities

59

(3)

Summary and Implications

62

(1)

Note

63

(1)

For Further Reading

63

(4)

PART II CONSIDERING DESTINATIONS: TRUTH, CONSEQUENCES, AND THE CRITICAL VISION

4 In the Interest of Everyone But Kids: The Politics of Contemporary Educational Reform

67

(24)

Themes in National Political Rhetoric

68

(6)

Theme 1: Education as Workforce Preparation

68

(3)

Theme 2: Education Is Failing

71

(3)

Rhetoric and Realities

74

(3)

Why Produce a "Manufactured Crisis"?

77

(2)

Corporations on the Crisis Bandwagon

79

(3)

Corporations in the Schoolhouse

82

(6)

Staging for Twenty-First-Century Reforms

88

(1)

Note

88

(1)

For Further Reading

88

(3)

5 Consequences of Contemporary Educational Reform: Winners and Losers

91

(24)

Standards and High-Stakes Testing

92

(2)

The Winners

94

(4)

The Losers

98

(11)

Moves Toward Privatization

109

(4)

The Winners

109

(2)

The Losers

111

(2)

Summary

113

(1)

For Further Reading

114

(1)

6 Critical Alternatives for Schools and Teachers

115

(26)

Critical Alternatives: Redefining Democracy and Democratic Goals

118

(4)

Critical Alternatives: Schooling for Participative Citizenship

122

(5)

Education as Critical Inquiry for Social Change

122

(3)

Education in Service to the Many

125

(2)

Critical Alternatives: Teachers Pursuing Social Justice

127

(11)

Teachers Who Understand Social Power Arrangements

128

(4)

Teachers Who Respect the Other

132

(2)

Teachers as Public Intellectuals

134

(3)

Teachers as Risk-Takers

137

(1)

Parting Thoughts

138

(1)

For Further Reading

139

(2)

Appendix: Information and Allies for the Critical Educator

141

(16)

Bibliography

157

(10)

Index

167

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