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International Struggles for Critical Democratic Education

Foreword by Michael W. Apple

by Matthew Knoester (Volume editor)
©2012 Textbook XVII, 175 Pages
Series: Counterpoints, Volume 427

Summary

This book has received the AESA (American Educational Studies Association) Critics Choice Award 2013.
Drawing from rich data, International Struggles for Critical Democratic Education profiles teachers, students, and schools struggling to interrupt the reproduction of social inequalities from one generation to the next. International in its nature, the work collected here illustrates how forces of globalization create greater inequalities, and carefully describes and evaluates efforts to democratize educational opportunities. This text will be useful in undergraduate and graduate courses on diversity and multicultural education, international comparisons, educational studies, as well as graduate courses in sociology of education, critical educational studies, international comparisons, foundations of education, multicultural education, and qualitative research methods.

Details

Pages
XVII, 175
Year
2012
ISBN (Hardcover)
9781433116001
ISBN (Softcover)
9781433115998
Language
English
Keywords
social inequalities globalization sociology
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2012. 200 pp.

Biographical notes

Matthew Knoester (Volume editor)

Matthew Knoester is an Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Evansville and author of the book Inside the Mission Hill School: Democratic Education in Practice (forthcoming).

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