Critical teaching and everyday life

By Ira Shor

Book Overview

In this unique book on education, Shor develops teaching theory side-by-side with a political analysis of schooling. Drawing on the work of Paulo Freire, he offers the first practical and theoretical guide to Freirean methods for American classrooms. Central to his method is a commitment to learning through dialogue and to exploring themes from everyday life. He poses alienation and mass culture as key obstacles to learning, and establishes critical literacy as a foundation for studying any subject.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896081079
• ISBN13: 9780896081079
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: South End Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.