Henry Giroux on critical pedagogy and engaged curricula
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2015
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AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: In Neoliberalism’s war on higher education (2014), Henry Giroux refers to neoliberalism as a central organising idea in shaping his critical view of higher education.
At the time of its writing, Giroux was Global TV Network Chair in Communications
and Professor of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University, Canada. He
portrays neoliberalism as a mode of governance that produces identities, subjects
and ways of life driven by a survival of the fittest. This ethic is grounded in the
idea of the free, possessive individual and committed to the right of ruling groups
and institutions to accrue wealth removed from matters of societal ethics and social
costs. Also recently, another of his books, Education and the crisis of public values
(2012), questioned the North American education system and the attack on the
public school sector. In this work his observations are articulate, to the point and in
many circles regarded as accurate. In addition to his vast research and publishing
contributions, Giroux has an established international network of collaborators who
comment on educational and social issues.
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CITATION: Costandius, E. & Bitzwer, E. 2015. Henry Giroux on Critical Pedagogy and Engaged Curricula, in E. Costandius & E. Bitzer. Engaging Higher Education Curricula: A critical citizenship education perspective. Stellenbosch: SUN MeDIA. 27-35. doi:10.18820/9781920689698/02.
The original publication is available from AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, Stellenbosch: South Africa.
The original publication is available from AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, Stellenbosch: South Africa.
Keywords
Giroux, Henry A. -- Criticism and interpretation, Criticism -- Study and teaching (Higher), Critical pedagogy -- Study and teaching (Higher), Giroux, Henry A. -- Neoliberalism’s war on higher education -- Criticism and interpretation
Citation
Costandius, E. & Bitzwer, E. 2015. Henry Giroux on Critical Pedagogy and Engaged Curricula, in E. Costandius & E. Bitzer. Engaging Higher Education Curricula: A critical citizenship education perspective. Stellenbosch: SUN MeDIA. 27-35. doi:10.18820/9781920689698/02.