Troubling Education: Queer Activism and Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (939 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415933129 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Kevin Kumashiro is Assistant Professor at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine
Award winning book Iris Winner of the RESILIENT RESISTANCE:THE MYERS OUTSTANDING AWARDS 2003!Kevin K. Kumashiro, director of the Center forAnti-Oppressive Education, El Cerrito, CA.,Kumashiro is first and foremost an educator. He is committed toempowering educators to deal with anti-oppressive techniques and strategies in the everyday classroom situation. In Troubling Education he highlights the negotiations necessary to introduce sensitive subjects.Kumashiro interviews activists and makes us question ourselves and the role we play in contributing to social problems and bringing about social change.The book
Yet, the question of how to address difference is far from clear. "Troubling Education offers a rare alternative to oversimplified, highly abstract, or technologizing approaches to this question. "Like no other text I have seen, Troubling Education asks us to imagine human relations and educational practices that do not depend on tangible knowledge as such. Kumashiro grapples with concrete questions of classroom practice in context-a task informed throughout by his innovative take on theorizing difference and social change"- Elizabeth Ellsworth, author of "Teachin
Few books have addressed research for teachers to turn to as a resource for classroom practice but here Kumashiro draws on interviews with gay activists as a starting point for discussion of models of reading and challenging oppression.