Abstract
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 resistance and schooling which contains an understanding of how power, resistance, and human agency can become central elements in the struggle for social justice in schools and in society.
Keywords
Resistance (ecology)ReproductionSociologyAgency (philosophy)Critical theoryFoundation (evidence)Power (physics)Social justiceSocial reproductionEpistemologySocial theorySocial scienceEnvironmental ethicsPolitical scienceLawBiology
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- 53
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- 3
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- 257-293
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Henry A. Giroux
(1983).
Theories of Reproduction and Resistance in the New Sociology of Education: A Critical Analysis.
Harvard Educational Review
, 53
(3)
, 257-293.
https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.53.3.a67x4u33g7682734
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- 10.17763/haer.53.3.a67x4u33g7682734