Power, Meaning, and Identity
Subtitle: Essays in Critical Educational Studies (Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.), Vol. 109.)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: May 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780820444277
Subjects: Educational Policy & Reform; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Research; General; Teaching Methods & Materials - General; Sociology Of Education; Teaching; Education; Education / Teaching; Critical pedagogy; Curriculum planning; Educational sociology; Popular education
Description: Michael W. Apple's critical writings have been influential throughout the world. This collection brings together many of his essays on curriculum, evaluation, and critical educational and cultural theory. In clear and unmystified prose, these essays enhance our understanding of how thoroughly political educational policies and practices actually are. In the process, he illuminates the histories and realities of class, race, and gender in education.