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Toward a Critical Politics of Teacher Thinking Mapping the Postmodern
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Joe L. Kincheloe
Book Code: G271
ISBN: 0-89789-271-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-271-1
280 pages
Bergin & Garvey Paperback
Publication: 3/30/1993
List Price: $31.95 (UK Sterling Price: £18.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Paperback
Also Available: Hardcover
Subjects: Awards:
  • American Educational Studies Association, Critics' Choice Award, 1994
Description: This book calls for a new type of teacher education that empowers teachers to be self-directed professionals. Currently, teachers learn an empirical knowledge base which they then implement in their classrooms. This trend is demeaning to these professionals and teaches them not to think, states the author, citing the emphasis on such things as lesson plan format, the writing of behavioral objectives, and pre-packaged activities. One way, the author proposes, of achieving thoughtful empowerment is by way of critical action research, or teaching practitioner thinking. Autonomous, self-reflective, critical-thinking teachers who take their profession seriously must understand the political consequences of taking this approach, states the author, as it will change the face of the school and elicit a backlash of opposition. While the book develops a unique vision of practitioner thinking, it is also firmly grounded in the realities of school life and is written in an accessible style that is not geared to one specific group.
Table of Contents:
  • Modernism and the Cognitive Passivity of Technical Teacher Education
  • Rumblings of Empowerment
  • The Politics of Thinking
  • The Escape from the Politics of Modernist Thinking
  • Mr. Huxley's Neighborhood: Can You Spell Postmodern?
  • Critical Constructivism
  • Contextualizing Cognitive Development
  • The Nature of Post-formal Thinking
  • Action Research, Educational Reform, and Teacher Thinking
  • Reframing the Debate About Teacher Education
  • Preparing the Post-formal Practitioner
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 92-32181
LCC Class: LC196
Dewey Class: 370.11
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