Becoming a Critical Educator : Defining a Classroom Indentity, Designing a Critical Pedagogy

, by Hinchey, Patricia H.

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ISBN: 9780820461496 | 0820461490
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Copyright: 5/30/2004

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Author Biography

Supplemental Materials

Foreword

Preface

xix

Acknowledgments

xxi

PART I BEGINNING THE JOURNEY: THINKING ABOUT OUR THINKING

1 Starting Points: Assumptions and Alternatives

(20)

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

(2)

Developing a Personal Stance

(2)

Historical Possibilities: Traditional Goals

(5)

An Alternative Agenda: Critical Goals

(6)

The Why and How of Praxis

(3)

Note

(1)

For Further Reading

(1)

2 Understanding Our Own Thinking: Developing Critical Consciousness

(24)

Issues of Race

(9)

Issues of Gender and Sexual Orientation

(8)

The Complexity of Cultural Conditioning

(1)

For Further Reading

(3)

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

(20)

Who Are America's Schoolchildren?

(2)

Poverty, Race, and Schoolchildren

(4)

Other People's Children: Educational History and Legacies

(4)

Other People's Children: Current Realities

(3)

Summary and Implications

(1)

Note

(1)

For Further Reading

(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

(24)

Themes in National Political Rhetoric

(6)

Theme 1: Education as Workforce Preparation

(3)

Theme 2: Education Is Failing

(3)

Rhetoric and Realities

(3)

Why Produce a "Manufactured Crisis"?

(2)

Corporations on the Crisis Bandwagon

(3)

Corporations in the Schoolhouse

(6)

Staging for Twenty-First-Century Reforms

(1)

Note

(1)

For Further Reading

(3)

5 Consequences of Contemporary Educational Reform: Winners and Losers

(24)

Standards and High-Stakes Testing

(2)

The Winners

(4)

The Losers

(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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