Teachers and Texts: A Political Economy of Class and Gender Relations in Education - Softcover

Apple, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415900743 ISBN 13: 9780415900744

Publisher: Routledge, 1989

Synopsis

First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Review:

"Once again, Michael Apple has brought his extraordinary insight to bear on the political economy of schooling. . . . Apple provides a superb analysis of the circuits of power as they operate both within and outside of schools in the production and economy of texts, and in the construction of class and gender relations. Moreover, Apple not only lays bare how text, subjectivity, and knowledge reproduce and challenge the dominant order, he also makes a powerful call for viewing schools as sites of democratic struggle, and pedagogy as a project of possibility. This is a book that states its case clearly and with great brilliance. A must for anyone interested in developing a critical theory of education."
-Henry A. Giroux
." . . In this provocative treatise, Apple continues his tradition of bold and innovative research in taking on the sorely neglected but eminently important issue of the historical constitution of teaching and the sexual division of labor."
-Peter McLaren

Synopsis:

Education is currently under attack. It is very important that we understand the political, economic, and cultural underpinnings of these offensives. Teachers and Texts continues the work in history and critical theory of education begun by Michael Apple in his previous books, Education and Power and Ideology and Curriculum . In an exceptionally clear and accessible style, Apple critically examines managerial and conservative trends in educational policy and practice, in both their historical and immediate impact. These trends have a profound effect on how teachers do their work, on what kinds of knowledge are considered most important for students to learn, and on who should make decisions on policy in these areas. Apple draws out the issues of gender, class and economic pressure implicit in the battle for the control of the curriculum. In the process he shows how education might be made more democratic in intent and outcome.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0415900743
• ISBN 13: 9780415900744
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 268