Marxism Against Postmodernism in Educational Theory

Marxism Against Postmodernism in Educational Theory

Author: Dave Hill

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780739103463

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Postmodernism has become the orthodoxy in educational theory. It heralds the end of grand theories like Marxism and liberalism, scorning any notion of a united feminist challenge to patriachy, of united anti-racist struggle, and of united working-class movements against capitalist exploitation and oppression. For postmodernists, the world is fragmented, history is ended, and all struggles are local and particularistic. Written by internationally renowned British and American educational theorists Marxism Against Postmodernism in Educational Theory--a substantially revised edition of the original 1999 work Postmodernism in Educational Theory--critically examines the infusion of postmodernism and theories of postmodernity into educational theory, policy, and research. The writers argue that postmodernism provides neither a viable educational politics, nor the foundation for effective radical educational practice and offer an alternative 'politics of human resistance' which puts the challenge to capitalism firmly on the agenda of educational theory, politics, and practice.


Marxism and Educational Theory

Marxism and Educational Theory

Author: Mike Cole

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-10-18

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1134322593

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We live in a world where thousands make massive profits out of the labours of others, while those others exist as wage slaves, millions of whom die of starvation and poverty-related illness every year. The fundamental aim of Marxism is the overthrow of the anarchic, exploitative and eco-destructive system of world capitalism and its replacement by world socialism and equality. To build a socialist world is a task of gargantuan proportions, but one that Marxists believe is eminently achievable. This book addresses some of these challenges from within educational theory. The key theoretical issues addressed are: utopian socialism poststructuralism and postmodernism transmodernism globalisation, neo-liberalism and environmental destruction the new imperialism critical race theory. Marxism and Educational Theory compellingly and informatively propels the debate forward in the pursuit of that socialist future. In that quest, suggestions are made to connect theoretical issues with the more practical concerns of the school and the classroom. With a specially written Foreword by Peter McLaren, this timely book will be of interest to academics and students interested in educational theory, the sociology of education, sociology, politics, philosophy and critical theory.


Marxism Against Postmodernism in Educational Theory

Marxism Against Postmodernism in Educational Theory

Author: Dave Hill

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2002-12-11

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 0739157558

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Written by renowned British and American educational theorists, Marxism Against Postmodernism in Educational Theory—a substantially revised edition of the original 1999 work— examines the infusion of postmodernism and theories of postmodernity into educational theory, policy, and research.


Marxism and Educational Theory

Marxism and Educational Theory

Author: Mike Cole

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-10-18

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1134322607

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Mike Cole considers the origins and developments within the evolution of Marxist theory and postmodern theory. He analyses how Marxism and postmodernism are articulated within the sociology of education since its inception up to the present.


Critical Theories, Radical Pedagogies, and Global Conflicts

Critical Theories, Radical Pedagogies, and Global Conflicts

Author: Gustavo Fischman

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780742530720

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We are living in a time of resurgent global conflicts and imperialistic tensions-a time in which many children are being left behind by school systems that appear more concerned with developing accountability schemes and standardized models of testing than with defending the right of every child to have access to a good education. In response to these oppressive and challenging conditions a group of committed educators and activists have come together to link educational transformation to the larger struggle to transform oppressive social relations. Critical Theories, Radical Pedagogies, and Global Conflicts draws from a range of viewpoints to demonstrate that another education, and indeed, another world, is possible.


Renewing Dialogues in Marxism and Education

Renewing Dialogues in Marxism and Education

Author: A. Green

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2007-12-25

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 0230609678

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In the first book in their series on Marxism and Education, Rikowski and Green use Marxist theory to examine the dialectic between race and power in education. The series is aimed at educationalists - teachers, researchers, policy-makers or administrators, as well as activists who consider the Marxist tradition a valuable and important resource.


The Praeger Handbook of Urban Education

The Praeger Handbook of Urban Education

Author: Philip M. Anderson

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2006-03-30

Total Pages: 681

ISBN-13: 0313039003

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Maintaining that urban teaching and learning is characterized by many contradictions, this work proposes that there is a wide range of social, cultural, psychological, and pedagogical knowledge urban educators must possess in order to engage in effective and transformative practice. It is necessary for those teaching in urban schools to be scholar-practitioners, rather than bureaucrats who can only follow rather than analyze, understand, and create. Ten major sections cover the myriad issues of urban education as it exists today.


Schooling and Equality

Schooling and Equality

Author: Dave Hill

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-16

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1134572557

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This text covers the range of equality issues in school level education from the perspective and needs of educators, trainee teachers and students of education. It uses a blend of issues, concepts, facts and research to open up key issues and consider policy developments in the field.


Storied Inquiries in International Landscapes

Storied Inquiries in International Landscapes

Author: Tonya Huber

Publisher: IAP

Published: 2010-06-01

Total Pages: 597

ISBN-13: 1607523973

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Storied Lives: Emancipatory Educational Inquiry—Experience, Narrative, & Pedagogy in the International Landscape of Diversity contains exemplary research practices, strategies, and findings gleaned from the contributions to the 15 issues of the Journal of Critical Inquiry Into Curriculum and Instruction (JCI~>CI). Founding Editor Tonya Huber initiated the JCI~>CI in 1997, as a refereed journal committed to publishing educational scholarship and research of professionals in graduate study. The journal was distinguished by its requirement that the scholarship be the result of the first author’s graduate research—according to Cabell’s Directory, the first journal to do so. Equally important, the third issue of each volume targeted wide representation of cultures and world regions. “Current thinking on ...” written by members of the JCI~>CI Editorial Advisory Board explores state-of-the-art topics related to curriculum inquiry. Illustrations, photography (e.g., Sebastião Salgado’s Workers in vol. 2), collage, student-generated art/artifacts, and full-color art enhance cutting-edge methodologies extending educational research through Aboriginal and Native oral traditions, arts-based analysis, found poetry, data poetry, narrative, and case study foci on liberatory pedagogy and social justice action research.