What Schools Can Do

Kathleen Weiler is Assistant Professor of Education at Tufts University. She is the author of Women Teaching for Change.

• Acknowledgments Introduction by Kathleen Weiler I. Theorizing Power/Knowledge The Hope of Radical EducationHenry A. Giroux Schools and Families: A Feminist PerspectiveMadeleine Arnot Sex, Pregnancy, and Schooling: Obstacles to a Critical Teaching of the BodyLaurie McDade Presence of Mind in the Absence of BodyLinda Brodkey and Michelle Fine Knowledge, Power, and Discourse in Social Studies EducationCleo Cherryholmes Multicultural Education: Minority Identities, Textbooks, and the Challenge of Curricular ReformCameron McCarthy Culture, Pedagogy, and Power: Issues in the Production of Values and ColonializationThomas S. Popkewitz II. Pedagogies of Possibility Decentering Discourses in Teacher Education: Or, the Unleashing of Unpopular ThingsDeborah P. Britzman The Politics of Race: Through the Eyes of African-American TeachersMichele Foster The Art of Being Present: Educating for Aesthetic EncountersMaxine Greene Schooling, Popular Culture, and a Pedagogy of PossibilityHenry A. Giroux and Roger I. Simon Critical Mathematics Education: An Application of Paulo Freire's EpistemologyMarilyn Frankenstein Writing Pedagogy: A Dialogue of HopeAnne-Louis Brookes and Ursula A. Kelly Contributors Index

"The articles in this splendid collection are representative of some of the best work currently undertaken in the critical educational field. I highly recommend this book to all teachers, researchers, administrators and cultural workers interested in transforming current teaching practices and exercising leadership in both school and social reform." — Peter L. McLaren, Miami University of Ohio