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ERIC Number: EJ421628
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0271-0633
The Politics of the Classroom: Toward an Oppositional Pedagogy.
Marcroft, Minette
New Directions for Teaching and Learning, (No. 44 Excellent Teaching in a Changing Academy: Essays in Honor of Kenneth Eble) p61-71 Win 1990
In the current conservative climate of higher education, questioning students' political beliefs is imperative for a real democratization of knowledge. Oppositional pedagogy pressures the assumptions of the existing system--the dominant knowledges and institutional and social arrangements derived from them--and enables students to change their relationship to them. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Instruction, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Educational Quality, Educational Strategies, Higher Education, Political Influences, Politics of Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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