The Critical Pedagogy Reader

Antonia Darder is Professor of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Marta P. Baltodano is Associate Professor of Education at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Rodolfo D. Torres is Professor of Urban Planning at the University of California, Irvine.

Critical Pedagogy: An Introduction Antonia Darder, Marta Baltodano, and Rodolfo D. Torres


Part One: Foundations of Critical Pedagogy
Introduction to Part One
Critical Theory and Educational Practice Henry A. Giroux
From Pedagogy of the Oppressed Paulo Freire
Critical Pedagogy: A Look at the Major Concepts Peter McLaren
In Search of a Critical Pedagogy Maxine Greene
Suggested Readings for Future Study


Part Two: Education and Social Class
Introduction to Part Two
Against Schooling: Education and Social Class Stanley Aronowitz
The Surveillance Curriculum: Risk Management and Social Control in the Neoliberal School Torin Monahan
Confronting Class in the Classroom bell hooks
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Part Three: Race and Education
Introduction to Part Three
After Race: An Introduction Antonia Darder and Rodolfo D. Torres
Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education Gloria Ladson-Billings and William F. Tate IV
American Indian Geographies of Identity and Power: At the Crossroads of Indígena and Mestizaje Sandy Marie Anglás Grande
Suggested Readings for Future Study


Part Four: Gender, Sexuality, and Schooling
Introduction to Part Four
Feminist Analysis of Gender and Schooling Kathleen Weiler
Sexuality, Schooling, and Adolescent Females: The Missing Discourse of Desire Michelle Fine
The Tolerance that Dare Not Speak Its Name Cris Mayo
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Part Five: Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy
Introduction to Part Five
What is Critical Literacy? Ira Shor
Teaching How to Read the World and Change It: Critical Pedagogy in the Intermediate Grades Robert E. Peterson
Language Diversity, and Learning Lisa Delpit
Beyond the Methods Fetish: Toward a Humanizing Pedagogy Lilia I. Bartolomé
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Part Six: Critical Issues in the Classroom
Introduction to Part Six
Beyond Accountability: Toward Schools that Create New People for a New Way of Life Pauline Lipman
Standardization, Defensive Teaching, and the Problems of Control Linda McNeil
Writing, Identity, and the Other: Dare We Do Disability Studies? Linda Ware
Paulo Freire's Contributions to Radical Adult Education, Paula Allman
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Part Seven: Critical Pedagogy and Teacher Education
Introduction to Part Seven
Teacher Education and Democratic Schooling Henry H. Giroux
Fighting for Our Lives: Preparing Teachers to Teach African American Students Gloria Ladson-Billings
Bringing Bilingual Education Out of the Basement and Other Imperatives for Teacher Education Sonia Nieto
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Part Eight: Issues Beyond the Classroom
Introduction to Part Eight
Patriotism, Pedagogy, and Freedom: On the Educational Meanings of September 11 Michael Apple
Critical Media Literacy for the Twenty-First Century: Taking Our Entertainment Seriously Pepi Leistyna and Loretta Alper
Towards Ecopedagogy: Weaving a Broad-based Pedagogy of Liberation for Animals, Nature, and the Oppressed People of the Earth Richard Kahn
Folk Schools, Popular Education, and a Pedagogy of Community Action William Westerman
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Epilogue
Teaching as an Act of Love: Reflections on Paulo Freire and His Contributions to Our Lives and Our Work Antonia Darder