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[A] useful and well-done collection, serving to outline the nature of an evolving critical pedagogy, while also clearly demonstrating its roots in actual practice and experience. Contemporary Sociology
An excellent example of the progress--both conceptual and political--that has been made in our understanding of how education works in an unequal society. . . . An exceptionally valuable book. Michael Apple
All readers who are interested in the possibilities of radical discourse in a conservative time will find relevance in the text and in the excellent, extensive bibliography. Choice
Review Quotes: "Critical Pedagogy represents a good counter-response to the underlying assumption of The Closing of The American Mind . . . [For] all of Critical Pedagogy's criticisms of educational institutions and practices, its contributors are still deeply wedded to the tradition and potentials of democratic education. The future still holds promises for the educators . . . CLOSING bolts the doors, and perhaps never opened it."-Interchange