{"product_id":"critical-theories-radical-pedagogies-and-social-education-9789460912771","title":"Critical Theories, Radical Pedagogies, and Social Education","description":"\u003ci\u003e“\u003cb\u003eA refreshing collection of essays\u003c\/b\u003e that offers a range of critical and radical voices which are generally marginalized in the critical social studies ‘mainstream’ … This collection is a good read with valuable insights that can impact teaching practice.”\u003c\/i\u003e—\u003ca href=\"http:%20\/\/www2.%20education.%20ualberta.%20ca\/css\/CSS_Vol45_1_final.%20pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eCanadian Social Studies\u003c\/b\u003e - Canada’s National Social Studies Journal - Volume 45 Issue 1 \u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e American Educational Studies Association (AERA) \u003ci\u003eCritics Choice Book Award 2011\u003c\/i\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eThis edited collection begins with the assertion that there are emergent and provocative theories and practices that should be part of the discourse on social studies education in the 21st century. Anarchist, eco-activist, anti-capitalist, and other radical perspectives, such as disability studies and critical race theory, are explored as viable alternatives in responding to current neo-conservative and neo-liberal educational policies shaping social studies curriculum and teaching.\n\u003cbr\u003eDespite the interdisciplinary nature the field and a historical commitment to investigating fundamental social issues such as democracy, human rights, and social justice, social studies theory and practice tends to be steeped in a reproductive framework, celebrating and sustaining the status quo, encouraging passive acceptance of current social realities and historical constructions, rather than a critical examination of alternatives. These tendencies have been reinforced by education policies such as No Child Left Behind, which have narrowly defined ways of knowing as rooted in empirical science and apolitical forms of comprehension.\n\u003cbr\u003eThis book comes at a pivotal moment for radical teaching and for critical pedagogy, bringing the radical debate occurring in social sciences and in activist circles—where global protests have demonstrated the success that radical actions can have in resisting rigid state hierarchies and oppressive regimes worldwide—to social studies education.","brand":"Abraham DeLeon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48273169416443,"sku":"9789460912771","price":113.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_65acc926-5826-4d46-b9f0-8b47fcf114fe.jpg?v=1774722413","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/critical-theories-radical-pedagogies-and-social-education-9789460912771","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}