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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Brookfield, Stephen. Power of critical theory for adult learning and teaching. Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2005 (OCoLC)57282481 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Stephen Brookfield |
ISBN: | 0335224385 9780335224388 |
OCLC Number: | 246970037 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 416 pages) |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Exploring the meaning of critical theory for adult learning -- The learning tasks of critical theory -- Challenging ideology -- Contesting hegemony -- Unmasking power -- Overcoming alienation -- Learning liberation -- Reclaiming reason -- Learning democracy -- Racializing criticality -- Gendering criticality -- Teaching criticality. |
Responsibility: | Stephen Brookfield. |
Abstract:
Using quotes from the theorists' works, this book shows how critical theory illuminates the everyday practices of adult educators and helps them make sense of the dilemmas, contradictions and frustrations they experience in their work. It also reviews adult educational practices and looks at what it means to teach critically.
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- Adult education.
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- Éducation des adultes.
- Pensée critique.
- Pédagogie critique.
- Théorie critique.
- critical theories (dialectical critiques)
- EDUCATION -- Adult & Continuing Education.
- EDUCATION -- Non-Formal Education.
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