ABSTRACT
This new edition brings McLaren's popular, classic textbook into a new era of Common Core Standards and online education. The book is renowned for its clear, provocative classroom narratives and its coverage of political, economic, and social factors that are undervalued in other educational textbooks. An international committee of experts ranked Life in Schools among the top twelve education books in the world.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |30 pages
Class Dismissed
part |88 pages
Cries from the Corridor
chapter |24 pages
The Frontiers of Despair
chapter |25 pages
The Invisible Epidemic
chapter |30 pages
“The Suburbs Was Supposed to Be a Nice Place…”
part |40 pages
Critical Pedagogy: An Overview
chapter |9 pages
The Emergence of Critical Pedagogy
part |34 pages
Analysis
chapter |5 pages
New and Old Myths in Education
chapter |10 pages
Teachers and Students
chapter |6 pages
Conclusion to Parts III and IV
part |69 pages
Looking Back, Looking Forward