Pedagogies of Difference
Subtitle: Rethinking Education for Social Justice
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: December 20, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780415931496
Subjects: Philosophy of education; Education; Education / Teaching; Aims & Objectives; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Education / Philosophy & Social Aspects; Teaching Methods & Materials - General; Critical pedagogy; Multicultural Education; Postmodernism and education
First sentence: The idea of difference has provided the conceptual groundwork for educational theorists of diverse ideological perspectives working toward the ethical purpose of actualizing equitable curricular contexts for teaching and learning that are responsive to individuals and groups within a society or culture regardless of race, class, gender, or sexuality (Apple 1990; Giroux 1992; Lather 1991; Pinar et al.1995; Spivak 1993; hooks 1994; McLaren 1997).