William B. Stanley 
Curriculum for Utopia 
Social Reconstructionism and Critical Pedagogy in the Postmodern Era

This book examines the relationship between contemporary forms of critical theory and social reconstructionism, as they relate and contribute to the construction of a radical theory of education. It illustrates many of the persistent issues, problems, and goals of radical educational reform, including the importance of developing a language of possibility, utopian thought, and the critical competence necessary to reveal and deconstruct forms of oppression. Stanley perceptively and clearly reexamines new challenges posed to various forms of critical pedagogy (including reconstructionism) by the development of postmodern and poststructuralist theory, focusing on the connections and continuities between them.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments




Introduction




1 Critical Pedagogy and Educational Reform: An Introduction




2 The Reconstructionist Program




3 Reconstructionism: Critical Reaction and Influence on Mainstream Curriculum Theory




4 Critical Pedagogy and Reconstructionism




5 Neopragmatism, Poststructuralism, and Critical Pedagogy




6 Curriculum, Reconstruction, and Possibility




Bibliography




Name Index




Subject Index

Om författaren

William B. Stanley is Chair of the Department of Educational Development at the University of Delaware.