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Book SynopsisLays bare the ideological and political character of the positivist rationality that has been the primary theoretical underpinning of educational research in the United States. The author is the co-editor of "Curriculum and Instruction: Alternatives in Education" and "The Hidden Curriculum and Moral Education".
Trade Review"Giroux is an articulate, sensitive and balanced spokesperson [who] presents a thoughtful analysis of the relationship between knowledge and power and between social context and the school curriculum." --Norman Henchey, Journal of Educational Thought "...a useful and important contribution to the area of curriculum theory. Giroux has articulated well some of the major tensions in radical educational theory and practice without abandoning the concern to establish a foundation for emancipatory cage." --Walter Feinberg, Journal of Education "Graduate students, as well as their professors, can learn a great deal from studying Ideology, Culture, and the Process of Schooling; furthermore, the excellent system of notes and references at the end of each chapter will introduce the reader into the world of ideas from which Giroux has taken his lessons." --Educational Studies
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Schooling and the Culture of Positivism: Notes on the Death of History 2. Beyond the Limits of Radical Educational Reform: Toward a Critical Theory of Education 3. Beyond the Correspondence Theory: Notes on the Dynamics of Educational Reproduction and Transformation 4. Dialects and the Development of Curriculum Theory 5. Paulo Freire's Approach to Radical Educational Theory and Practice 6. Teacher Education and the Ideology of Social Control Index
