Critical Education at the Crossroads

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TitleCritical Education at the Crossroads
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2014
AuthorsSkordoulis, CD, Hill, D
Number of Pages370
PublisherNissos Publications
CityAthens
Publication LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-960-9535-95-3
Abstract

Selected Papers from the 2nd International Conference on Critical Education, 10-14 July 2012, Athens

This book contains selected papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Critical Education, which took place in Athens between 10th and 14th July 2012.
The main aim of the conference was to discussing the situation and the future of Critical Education movement.
The first paper is an Introduction by the editors Kostas Skordoulis (from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) and Dave Hill (from Anglia Ruskin University, UK), which introduces in the main themes of this volume. In particular, the 21 selected papers discuss a lot of topics related with Critical education movement, as classical marxist literature on education, education in revolutionary times, the neoliberal attack on education and the response of the radical teachers’ movement, and the radical social movements and education.
In conclusion, the discussion, as presented in this volume, is really important for the future of Critical Education, as well as the research directions for revolutionary education theory.