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.

part |30 pages

Class Dismissed

part |88 pages

Cries from the Corridor

part |40 pages

Critical Pedagogy: An Overview

chapter |28 pages

Critical Pedagogy

A Look at the Major Concepts

part |34 pages

Analysis

chapter |9 pages

Race, Class, and Gender

Why Students Fail

chapter |10 pages

Teachers and Students

part |69 pages

Looking Back, Looking Forward

chapter |19 pages

Hope and the Struggle Ahead

chapter |4 pages

Conclusion to Part V

chapter |7 pages

Epilogue

Reflections on Twenty-Five Years of Life in Schools