Rethinking the Promise of Critical Education

TruthOut by Chronis Polychroniou, Henry Giroux | Dec. 2, 2008 (Interview)

Learning environments cannot be removed from the larger political, economic and social forces that shape them. If education is going to be responsive to the larger problems that erupt in its classrooms, it has to become a force for addressing the deepest conflicts of our time, and this not only means reclaiming the university as a Democratic public sphere, but also putting in place those pedagogical conditions that make knowledge meaningful in order for it ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Dec 2, 2008 - 3:52 PM PST
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Patricia Blochowiak
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Dec. 8, 2008

This story presents a well-thought view of the role of education and the problems of much of education. While it could have provided more about the need for a more thoughtful and critical educational method for the youngest of our students, it provides a compelling analysis of the system.

As a member of a board of education, I have been concerned about the lack of problem-solving skills and the emphasis on practice tests in our schools. This does not provide our students with the skills necessary to do any important job well.

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Dwight Rousu
4.8
 by Dwight Rousu - Dec. 3, 2008

The interview is moderately long, but is an erudite tour of the nature of education and current problems in education. It is well worth reading.

Our education systems have gone too far down the road of becoming trade schools teaching orthodoxy, while ignoring critical thought and the needs of people and democracy.

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Tanya J. Maurer
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 by Tanya J. Maurer - Feb. 3, 2009
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