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Critical Curriculum Studies: Education, Consciousness, and the Politics of Knowing
Wayne Au
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Description for Critical Curriculum Studies: Education, Consciousness, and the Politics of Knowing
Paperback. Series: Critical Social Thought. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNKC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 236.
A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2012!
Critical Curriculum Studies offers a novel framework for thinking about how curriculum relates to students’ understanding of the world around them. Wayne Au brings together curriculum theory, critical educational studies, and feminist standpoint theory with practical examples of teaching for social justice to argue for a transformative curriculum that challenges existing inequity in social, educational, and economic relations. Making use of the work of important scholars such as Freire, Vygotsky, Hartsock, Harding, and others, Critical Curriculum Studies, argues that we must understand the relationship between the curriculum and the types of consciousness we carry out ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Series
Critical Social Thought
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415877121
SKU
V9780415877121
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About Wayne Au
Wayne Au is an Assistant Professor in the Education Program at the University of Washington, Bothell Campus and is an editor for the social justice education magazine, Rethinking Schools.
Reviews for Critical Curriculum Studies: Education, Consciousness, and the Politics of Knowing
"This is an essential book for anyone interested in the politics of knowledge and education that aims to be transformative rather than reproductive of current social conditions. Summing Up: Essential" - E. W. Ross, University of British Columbia in CHOICE "Wayne Au brilliantly advances a theoretical framework for curriculum as liberation. Weaving together robust conceptions of consciousness, curriculum, learning, ... Read more