Presents a collection of essays that focus on the topic of critical pedagoy and its response to the moral, economic, and social issues in the world. Our educational system is in turmoil. Many would argue that it has been assaulted and oversimplified by the right. There is growing concern that we are becoming a liberal nation-state with an increasingly anti-liberal population and an electorate that is disinterested in politics. In this globalized world, the power of capital is so great that opposition to it is often discouraged and disheartened, leaving many citizens few political precepts by which to consider their institutions. This contemporary failure of vision has opened the way for the unimpeded return of the philosophy of the free market. As a result, social and educational policies are debated almost solely in terms of how they fit with the needs of the market. Social and ethical understandings are replaced by a failed economic theory that requires a radical constraint of our political and economic choices. Compassion for the poor, the market lets us know, is wrong-headed because any interference with the labor market will always result in unfortunate economic and social consequences. Moral issues are eclipsed by market needs. In Critical Pedagogy: Where Are We Now? the contributors discuss how the field of critical pedagogy should respond to such dire conditions in a way that is theoretically savvy and visionary, while concurrently contributing to the struggle to improve the lives of those most hurt by them. Critical Pedagogy is essential reading for every classroom teacher and pre-service teacher. It is also a valuable tool for use in undergraduate and graduate-level classrooms. Preface Where Are We Now? ix Shirley R. Steinberg Introduction Democracy, Education, and the Politics of Critical Pedagogy 1(8) Henry A. Giroux Part 1: The Theoretical Dimensions of Critical Pedagogy Critical Pedagogy in the Twenty-first Century: Evolution for Survival 9(34) Joe L. Kincheloe Religion as Socio-Educational Critique: A Weberian Example 43(14) Philip Wexler Critical Pedagogy and the Crisis of Imagination 57(22) Eric J. Weiner Locations (or Not) of Critical Pedagogy in Les Petites et Les Grandes Histoires 79(18) Kathleen S. Berry Neoliberal Non-sense 97(30) Pepi Leistyna Part 2: The Pedagogical Dimensions of Critical Pedagogy The Politics and Ethic of Performance Pedagogy: Toward a Pedagogy of Hope 127(16) Norman K. Denzin From Social to Socialist Media: The Critical Potential of the Wikiworld 143(20) Juha Suoranta Tere Vaden Glocalizing Critical Pedagogy: A Case of Critical English Language Teaching in Korea 163(20) Kiwan Sung Critical Pedagogy and Popular Culture in an Urban Secondary English Classroom 183(18) Jeff Duncan-Andrade Ernest Morrell Critical Pedagogy and Young Children's World 201(8) Elizabeth Quintero Escola Cidada and Critical Discourses of Educational Hope 209(14) Gustavo E. Fischman Luis A. Gandin Musicing Paulo Freire: A Critical Pedagogy for Music Education 223(16) Frank Abrahams Reflections on the Violence of High-Stakes Testing and the Soothing Nature of Critical Pedagogy 239(10) Valerie J. Janesick Pedagogy of Testimony: Reflections on the Pedagogy of Critical Pedagog 249(14) Luis Huerta-Charles Critical Pedagogy and Teacher Education: Radicalizing Prospective Teachers 263(26) Lilia I. Bartolome Part 3: The Political Dimensions of Critical Pedagogy The Future of the Past: Reflections on the Present State of Empire and Pedagogy 289(26) Peter McLaren Red Lake Woebegone: Pedagogy, Decolonization, and the Critical Project 315(22) Sandy Grande The Poverty of Critical Pedagogy: Toward a Politics of Engagement 337(18) Gregory Martin Frantz Fanon and a Materialist Critical Pedagogy 355(16) Noah De Lissovoy Critical Pedagogy: Democratic Realism, Neoliberalism, Conservativism, and a Tragic Sense of Education 371(20) William B. Stanley Afterword Reinserting Criticity into Critical Pedagogy 391(6) Donaldo Macedo Contributors 397(6) Index 403