Breaking Free: The Transformative Power of Pedagogy (HER Reprint Series) - Tapa blanda

Breaking Free: The Transformative Power of Critical Pedagogy was conceptualized with the central purpose of serving as an introduction to the field of critical pedagogy. It offers readers several editorial supports to facilitate their understanding of the complexity of such work.

At its most basic, critical pedagogy provides a lens through which educators are better able to examine and interact with the politics of education. By "politics" we do not mean the "Republican/Democrat" type of politics, but, rather, the real, underlying power relationships that structure our world: for example, how we make meaning of commonplace events, the purpose and goals of public education, how schools are structured, the type of preparation teachers receive, the way students are perceived and treated, the curriculum we use, and so forth. Breaking Free: The Transformative Power of Critical Pedagogy, a collection of essays originally published in the Harvard Educational Review, was conceptualized with the central purpose of serving as an introduction to the field. It offers readers several editorial supports to facilitate their understanding of the complexity of such work. Chapter One, "Context and Culture: What Is Critical Pedagogy?" provides an explanation of the central concepts and theories that are generally grouped under the term "critical pedagogy." The remainder of the book is divided into two parts. The first part offers various perspectives on the larger social and political context within which educational policies and practices exist. Part Two focuses on the role of teachers and students in the process of learning and teaching.

—from the Introduction by Pepi Leistyna, Arlie Woodrum, and Stephen A. Sherblom

“A powerful, provocative collection that may help to end the pattern of de facto censorship that has eclipsed the brilliant work of Freire, Giroux, and many others for at least two decades.” — Jonathan Kozol, Author, Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation

“In this provocative and illuminating volume, the authors challenge the frameworks and rhetoric of the current discourse on school reform. They urge us to enter a much more difficult and inclusive conversation that seeks to expose and name our national obsessions and blind spots.” — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Author, Balm in Gilead: Journey of a Healer

“As a classroom teacher constantly faced with issues of race, language, gender, and class, I find that Breaking Free is an important and accessible guide to understanding the complexities and possibilities of a liberating practice. It is a must read for all those teachers who would dare become agents of change.” — Luisa Quintanilla, Teacher, Cambridge (MA) Public Schools

Edited by Pepi Leistyna, Arlie Woodrum, and Stephen A. Sherblom