Critical Middle School Reader
The Critical Middle School Reader is the first collection of essays that presents multiple critical perspectives on adolescence and middle level education, including critical theory and pedagogy, cultural studies of youth, critical psychology, postmodernism and contemporary feminism. This accessible, efficient, one volume compilation will introduce students, pre-service teachers, and teacher educators to a range of perspectives and will guide them through a thoughtful analysis and critique of...
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This compilation of 32 readings presents an overview of the critical pedagogy of middle school education. The editors (both: educational policy studies and research, DePaul U.) juxtapose traditional papers as illustrations of the historical construction of adolescence and the resultant creation of middle level education alongside critical perspectives that examine the sociocultural, economic, and political origins of these processes. One of their underlying aims is to make explicit the links between the construction of adolescence, middle level education, and globalization. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
