Additional Resources on Henry Giroux and Critical Pedagogy

The following websites provide good overviews of the tenets of critical pedagogy and describe the life and work of Henry Giroux:

• http://www.henryagiroux.com/ [See this site for a list of Giroux's many publications and links to his online articles.]
• http://www.perfectfit.org/CT/giroux1.html [Quotes Giroux on the roles of schools, teachers, and curriculum in critical pedagogy.]
• http://mingo.info-science.uiowa.edu/~stevens/critped/page1.htm

Check out video of an interview with Giroux himself about his thoughts concerning critical pedagogy. This is a six-part YouTube series:

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvCs6XkT3-o
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HQRPUBsEj0
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4hS4JPx3KY&feature=related
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdWsebB0NRc&feature=related
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUaKSrvfsGM&feature=related
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0zc8Upo6ro

In addition to Giroux's books and articles (which are listed in the two websites at top), these are some interesting books on critical pedagogy of special interest to teachers:

• Duncan-Andrade, J., & Morrell, E. (2008). The art of critical pedagogy: Possibilities for moving from theory to practice in urban schools. New York: Peter Lang. [A good resource for those in our class who plan to teach in New York City and want to be practitioners of critical pedagogy in an urban setting.]
• McLaren, P., & Kincheloe, J. L. (Eds.). (2007). Critical pedagogy: Where are we now? New York: Peter Lang. [This book discusses implications for critical pedagogy in the twenty-first century amidst technology and accountability.]

For all my math teachers out there, here is a research article (in PDF format) that discusses the use of critical pedagogy to develop "mathematics for social justice":

• http://math.unipa.it/~grim/21_project/21_charlotte_StinsonPaperEdit.pdf

Food for Thought:

• Is No Child Left Behind the antithesis of critical pedagogy? See what Giroux has to say at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgdVCnTTqXA
• Does Disney impede the empowerment of some children? If so, perhaps Disney should be kept out of the classroom. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byaMd_PNyIY