Critical Teaching and Everyday Life

By Ira Shor

Book Overview

A classic work of liberatory education that Jonathan Kozol called "powerful," by one of the founders of critical pedagogy In this unique book on education, educator and philoisopher Ira Shor develops a 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: 0226753581
• ISBN13: 9780226753584
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"