He helps us understand that the political relationship between schools and society is neither artificial nor neutral nor necessarily negative.

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Offers educators ways for reflecting critically on their own practices and the relationship between schools and society.

Foreword by Peter McLaren Editor's Introduction Introduction Rethinking the Language of Schooling Rethinking the Language of Schooling Toward a New Sociology of Curriculum Social Education in the Classroom: The Dynamics of the Hidden Curriculum Overcoming Behavioral and Humanistic Objectives Literacy, Writing, and the Politics of Voice Writing and Critical Thinking in the Social Studies Mass Culture and the Rise of the New Illiteracy: Implications for Reading Critical Pedagogy, Cultural Politics, and the Discourse of Experience Culture, Power, and Transformation in the Work of Paulo Freire: Toward a Politics of Education Teaching, Intellectual Work, and Education as Cultural Politics Teachers as Transformative Intellectuals Curriculum Study and Cultural Politics The Need for Cultural Studies Teacher Education and the Politics of Democratic Reform Toward a Language of Critique and Possibility Crisis and Possibilities in Education Reproducing Reproduction: The Politics of Tracking Antonio Gramsci Solidarity, Ethics, and Possibility in Critical Education Index

Teachers as Intellectuals is a book for all practitioners and all members of the general community. Giroux demands reader involvement, transformation, and empowerment. He helps understand that the political relationship between schools and society is neither artificial nor neutral nor necessarily negative. Rather, school personnel have a positive and dynamic political role to play. Educational Leadership We are fortunate to have these ideas expressed so clearly and in one place. It is a very useful book. Choice

The aim of this interdisciplinary series is to create critical spaces for pedagogical and political interventions in both school and cultural sites. The titles represent a mix of approaches including historical, bibliographical, critical, sociological, economic, and ethnographic.