Author Info
Henry A. Giroux currently holds the Global TV Network Chair
Professorship at McMaster University in the English and Cultural Studies
Department. He has published numerous books and articles and his most
recent books include The University in Chains: Confronting the
Military-Industrial-Academic Complex (2007) and Against the Terror of
Neoliberalism (2008).
Reviews
“There are certainly few scholars who have had a greater impact in educational theory than Henry Giroux. His superb intellect is only matched by his prodigious scholarly capacity.
—Teachers College Record
Praise for the First Edition
"I would strongly recommend that [Schooling and the Struggle for Public Life] be read not only by teachers, those who teach teachers, and those who would be teachers, but by everyone concerned about education and the enhancement of democratic possibilities"
—Harvey J. Kaye, Educational Theory
"[In Schooling and the Struggle for Public Life] Giroux offers a thoughtful, theoretically consistent alternative to a technicist vision [of pedagogy]. Hope exists, he concludes, because we can imagine alternatives"
—Joe L. Kincheloe, Educational Studies
Contents
Introduction: Schooling, Citizenship, and the Struggle for Democracy.
Schooling and the Politics of Ethics: Beyond Conservative and Liberal Discourses.
Authority, Ethics, and the Politics of Schooling.
Schooling and the Politics of Student Voice.
Literacy, Critical Pedagogy, and Empowerment.
Teacher Education and Democratic Schooling.
Conclusion: Beyond the Politics of Anti-Utopianism in Education.