Curriculum for Utopia - Social Reconstructionism and Critical Pedagogy in the Postmodern Era

This book examines the relationship between contemporary forms of critical theory and social reconstructionism, as they relate and contribute to the construction of a radical theory of education. It illustrates many of the persistent issues, problems, and goals of radical educational reform, including the importance of developing a language of possibility, utopian thought, and the critical competence necessary to reveal and deconstruct forms of oppression. Stanley perceptively and clearly reexamines new challenges posed to various forms of critical pedagogy (including reconstructionism) by the development of postmodern and poststructuralist theory, focusing on the connections and continuities between them.

About the author

William B. Stanley is Chair of the Department of Educational Development at the University of Delaware.

Product details

• Authors: William B Stanley, William B. Stanley
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.1992
• EAN: 9780791409725
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-0972-5
• No. of pages: 282
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 386 g
• Series: Suny Series, Teacher Empowerme; Suny Series, Teacher Empowerme
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries