A New Social Contract in a Latin American Education Context [electronic resource] /
Streck, D.author.
A New Social Contract in a Latin American Education Context is committed to what has become known as "perspective of the South:" understanding the South not as a geographical reference but as a vindication of the existence of ways of knowing and of living which struggle for their survival and for a legitimate place in a world where the respect for difference is balanced with the right for equality. The metaphor of the new social contract stands for the desire to envision another world, which paradoxically cannot but spring out of the entrails of the existing one. Could the same contract under which the colonial orders were erected serve as a tool for decolonizing relations, knowledge, and power? Consequently, what kind of education could effectively help structure a new social contract? These are some of the questions Streck addresses.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Series Editors' Preface; Previous Publications; Credits; Introduction; 1 Daily Life, Globalization, and Education: Educational Practice and the Reading of the World; 2 The Latin American Pedagogical Labyrinth: A Popular Education Perspective; 3 The New Social Contract: A Brief Map for Educators; 4 Emile and the Limits of Citizenship; 5 Autonomy Revisited: From Rousseau to Freire; 6 Conscientização: Genesis and Dimensions of Critical Consciousness; 7 Citizenship Can Be Learned: Participatory Budgeting as a Pedagogical Process
8 Pedagogy of the New Social Contract: A Few AgendasNotes; Index
A New Social Contract in a Latin American Education Context is committed to what has become known as "perspective of the South:" understanding the South not as a geographical reference but as a vindication of the existence of ways of knowing and of living which struggle for their survival and for a legitimate place in a world where the respect for difference is balanced with the right for equality. The metaphor of the new social contract stands for the desire to envision another world, which paradoxically cannot but spring out of the entrails of the existing one. Could the same contract under which the colonial orders were erected serve as a tool for decolonizing relations, knowledge, and power? Consequently, what kind of education could effectively help structure a new social contract? These are some of the questions Streck addresses.
Educational sociology.
Ethnology—Latin America.
International education .
Comparative education.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Sociology of Education.
Latin American Culture.
International and Comparative Education.
Philosophy of Education.
Educational Policy and Politics.