Critical pedagogy
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Critical pedagogy
- Here are entered works on a dialectical approach to education holding that knowledge is socially produced and calling for the transformation of discriminatory conditions that result from the legitimation and distribution of knowledge by the dominant culture. Works on a process of learning by questioning one's own assumptions, beliefs, feelings, and perspectives in order to mature personally and intellectually or to change oneself in a meaningful way are entered under [Transformative learning.]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91004641
- info:lc/authorities/sh91004641
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh91004641#concept
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Variants
- Critical humanism in education
- Radical pedagogy
Broader Terms
Related Terms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Hofmann Nemiroff, G. Reconstructing education, c1991 (Critical humanism)
- found: Intl. dict. educ.
- found: Giroux, H. Teachers as intellectuals, 1988 (Radical pedagogy)
- notfound: Hennepin
LC Classification
- LC196-LC196.5
General Notes
- Here are entered works on a dialectical approach to education holding that knowledge is socially produced and calling for the transformation of discriminatory conditions that result from the legitimation and distribution of knowledge by the dominant culture. Works on a process of learning by questioning one's own assumptions, beliefs, feelings, and perspectives in order to mature personally and intellectually or to change oneself in a meaningful way are entered under [Transformative learning.]
Example Notes
- Note under [Transformative learning]
Change Notes
- 1991-09-10: new
- 2007-09-12: revised
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