| Curriculum for Utopia: Social Reconstructionism and Critical Pedagogy in the Postmodern Era Contributor(s): Stanley, William B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791409724 ISBN-13: 9780791409725 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1992 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education |
| Dewey: 370.19 |
| LCCN: 91-15152 |
| Series: Suny Series, Teacher Empowerment and School Reform |
| Physical Information: 282 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines the relationship between contemporary forms of critical theory and social reconstructionism, as they relate and contribute to the construction of a radical theory of education. It illustrates many of the persistent issues, problems, and goals of radical educational reform, including the importance of developing a language of possibility, utopian thought, and the critical competence necessary to reveal and deconstruct forms of oppression. Stanley perceptively and clearly reexamines new challenges posed to various forms of critical pedagogy (including reconstructionism) by the development of postmodern and poststructuralist theory, focusing on the connections and continuities between them. |