Critical Pedagogy: Notes from the Real World - Softcover

Joan Wink

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9780801316692: Critical Pedagogy: Notes from the Real World

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ISBN 10: 0801316693 ISBN 13: 9780801316692

Publisher: Longman Pub Group, 1996

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This text is an accessible analysis of critical pedagogy that articulates multiple ways of applying its principles in various contexts. Critical Pedagogy, Fourth Edition, offers thoughtful examination of the theoretical models of critical pedagogy in an engaging, understandable writing style.

In this edition, the author maintains the strengths of a clear, engaging writing style with first-person narrative and lucid explanations of key concepts, which makes critical pedagogy more meaningful for students to learn and instructors to teach. This powerful and accessible analysis of the often difficult rhetoric of critical pedagogy argues that critical pedagogy opens the door to a broader and deeper perspective on teaching and learning in the classroom and the community. The text strongly encourages teachers to continuously adapt teaching beliefs and strategies to meet the needs of today's classrooms. The ongoing cultural critique, which links the chapters, challenges readers to think more deeply.

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“Wink has keenly, precisely, and systematically created a venue for growth toward social justice and equality to be considered, discussed, and enacted.”
—McFadyen Christensen, University of Alabama at Birmingham

“I very much admire Joan Wink and her courage to share so many personal experiences as she goes toward deeper understanding of transforming teaching and learning. I treasure her book for this reason.”
—Evangelina B. Jones, San Diego State University

This powerful and accessible analysis of the often difficult rhetoric of critical pedagogy argues that critical pedagogy opens the door to a broader and deeper perspective on teaching and learning in the classroom and the community. The text strongly encourages teachers to adapt teaching beliefs and strategies continuously to meet the needs of today's classrooms. Critical Pedagogy: Notes from the Real World, Third Edition, offers thoughtful examination of the theoretical models of critical pedagogy in an engaging, understandable writing style. The author answers questions about the place of critical pedagogy in the world. This new edition provides greater emphasis on families, high-stakes testing, teacher accountability, mandatory curriculum, and bilingual education.

About the Author:

Joan Wink is a professor emerita at California State University, Stanislaus. She lives primarily on the family ranch in South Dakota, but still maintains an active academic life: teaching, consulting, and writing. Her other books include A Vision of Vygotsky (2002), co-authored with Le Putney of UNLV, and Teaching Passionately: What’s Love Got To Do With It? (2004), co-authored with her daughter, Dawn Wink of Santa Fe Community College.

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