Weiner The Theater of Educational Possibility

Where Teachers Learn to Think Critically and Teach Creatively. A gonzo collection of educational theories, practices and instructional techniques for inservice and preservice teachers
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4539-0226-4
Verlag: Peter Lang
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Deutsch, Englisch, 0 Seiten

The Theater of Educational Possibility is a graphic textbook dealing with the representation of the art and theory of teaching and learning. It merges images, poetry, academic and theoretical discourses, instructional techniques, sociological analysis, and music lyrics in an effort to show pre-service and in-service teachers and teacher-educators how to enact a critical and creative project of educational reform, renewal and transformation. It is designed to provoke and initiate dialogue and to encourage and support the creation of new knowledge about teaching, learning, literacy, culture, and power. The premise of The Theater arises from the idea that our teaching works best when it operates in authentic contexts of learning. Against the grain of both conservative and liberal educational thought, The Theater challenges educators to think critically and act creatively in the service of a more humane, peaceful and just future.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weiner, Eric

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung

Über Autor(innen)

Eric J. Weiner earned his PhD from Pennsylvania State University in 2001. He has been practicing critical pedagogy and critical literacy within the context of teacher education and undergraduate honors education at Montclair State University in New Jersey for the past ten years. His first book, Private Learning, Public Needs: The Neoliberal Assault on Democratic Education (Peter Lang) was published in 2005. His work crosses traditional academic disciplinary boundaries and focuses on the work of the imagination, the sociology of knowledge/power relations, critical literacies, schooling and indoctrination, and free-thinking. He is also an artist and published poet.