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Direct linkGiroux, Henry A. – Harvard Educational Review, 2023
In the past ten years radical educators have developed several theories around the notions of reproduction and resistance. In this article, Henry Giroux critically analyzes the major positions of these theories, finding them inadequate as a foundation for a critical science of schooling. He concludes by outlining the directions for a new theory of…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Power Structure, Personal Autonomy, Social Justice
Peer reviewedGiroux, Henry A. – Journal of Education, 1980
Examines dialectical tensions existing between teacher-education programs and the dominant society through a set of concepts that link and demonstrate the interplay of power, ideology, biography, and history. Analyzes the rationality presently dominating these programs. Includes implications of and methods for overcoming this rationality.…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Sociology, Educational Theories, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGiroux, Henry A.; Penna, Anthony N. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1979
Discusses the sociopolitical function of the school, shows how that is accomplished in the classroom, and explains that present practice supports student alienation. Recommends an alternative set of values and social processes for use in the social studies promoting equality, community, and humanistic social interaction. (CK)
Descriptors: Educational Sociology, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Political Socialization
Peer reviewedGiroux, Henry A. – Harvard Educational Review, 1983
Analyzes the major positions of theories of reproduction and resistance and finds them inadequate as a foundation for a critical science of schooling. Outlines directions for a theory of resistance and schooling that contains understanding of how power, resistance, and human agency can become central in the struggle for social justice. (JOW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Philosophy, Educational Sociology, Hidden Curriculum
Download full textGiroux, Henry A. – 1992
While examining the broader educational reform movement from a critical perspective, this essay focuses on the national political manifestation of that movement--America 2000. In contrast to more traditional critiques of America 2000, this analysis argues the basic conflict between this reform effort and an "emancipatory definition of substantive…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Critical Theory, Criticism, Educational Administration
Giroux, Henry A. – Interchange on Educational Policy, 1981
Analyzes the relationship between education and the capitalist society, three positions are taken: theories of social reproduction emphasize the relationship between the process of schooling and economic life; theories of resistance examine the issues of conflict and consciousness between schooling and capitalist society; and the theory of…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Educational Change, Educational Sociology, Power Structure
