![]() In the words of a leading critical pedagogue, “the overriding goal of education the creation of conditions for social transformation through the constitution of students as political subjects who recognize their historical, racial, class, and gender situatedness and the forces that shape their lives and are politically and ethically motivated to struggle in the interest of greater human freedom and emancipation.” ![]() Its rhetoric is radical, if not revolutionary. There are few academic fields that are as unapologetically leftist as critical pedagogy. Its aim is to educate people to create a more just, free, and equal society. It is best thought of as the politicization of education. “Critical pedagogy” is the product of this conjuncture. ![]() ![]() Faced with political defeat, many sixties radicals plumped for a teaching career, hoping to politicize a new generation of students. In the early 1990s, Paul Buhle made the following observation: “To the question: ‘Where did all the sixties radicals go?’, the most accurate answer would be: neither to religious cults nor yuppiedom, but to the classroom.” In fact, many did end up in a cult or commune, but those who continued the struggle did so in the classroom. ![]()
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