Private learning, public needs
Subtitle: the neoliberal assault on democratic education
By: Eric J. Weiner.
Series: Teaching contemporary scholars -- vol. 3.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Critical pedagogy -- United States.; Education -- Economic aspects -- United States.; Literacy -- United States.; Conservatism -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: Neoliberal Globalization and the Question of Adult Literacy Education; Neoliberal Ideology, State Curriculum Standards, and the Manufacturing of Educational Needs; Leaving Adults Behind: The Conservative and Neoliberal Attack on Adult Learners; The Work of Critical Theory in a Neoliberal Age; Paths from Erich Fromm: Rethinking Authority Pedagogically; Secretary Paulo Freire and the Democratization of Power: Toward a Theory of Transformative Leadership; Critical Pedagogies and Literacies for a Neoliberal Age; Beyond Remediation: Ideological Literacies of Learning in Developmental Classrooms; Beyond "Doing" Cultural Studies: Toward a Cultural Studies of Critical Pedagogy.