Radical Pedagogy

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIV

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2. Identity, Learning Problems, and Social Problems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Identity, Motivation, and Recognition

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      Pages 3-15

   3. Linguistic Identity

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   4. Affective and Imagistic Identity

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   5. Identity Integration and Defenses

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      Pages 45-58

   6. Identity Structure

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3. Identity-Undermining Pedagogies

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   2. Teachers’ Identities as Obstacles to Radical Pedagogy

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      Pages 75-84

   3. Authoritarian and Establishment Pedagogies

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      Pages 85-94

   4. Pedagogies of Resistance and Empowerment

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   5. Historicism as Impediment to Radical Pedagogy

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      Pages 109-132

4. Developing Teachers‘ Identities

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   2. Self Analysis for Teachers

      • Mark Bracher

      Pages 135-147

   3. Generative Identity and the Need to Teach

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      Pages 149-157

5. Promoting Students’ Identity Development

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      Pages 159-159

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   2. Supporting Prosocial Identity Contents

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      Pages 161-177

   3. Promoting Identity Integration

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      Pages 179-191

   4. Developing Identity Structures

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      Pages 193-207

6. Back Matter

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Radical Pedagogy articulates a new theory of identity based on recent research in psychoanalysis, social psychology and cognitive science. It explains how developing identity is a prerequisite for developing intelligence, personal well being, and the amelioration of social problems, including violence, prejudice and substance abuse.

• cognition
• development
• identity
• Integration
• intelligence
• Motivation
• psychoanalysis
• psychology
• science
• social psychology
• violence
• childhood studies

'Bold, sophisticated, and provocative, Radical Pedagogy: Identity, Generativity, and Social Transformation weds a strong commitment to political and social justice to a theory and pedagogy of identity formation. Mark Bracher argues that teachers who understand the dynamic of identity will not only be able to facilitate deeper learning, they will also be able to position students to become more sensitive to questions of social justice. This is a must read for anyone committed to education, civic engagement, and social change.'- Lynn Worsham, Professor of English, Illinois State University, USA

'Radical Pedagogy is a chef d'oeuvre that provides sensible alternatives to the constraining normativities of an increasingly corporatized academy. Moreover, it grounds the questioning of such norms in a compelling theory of human development, arguing that an identity-centered approach is necessary in order to reconceptualize pedagogy in the American University.'- David A Brenner, reviewer for Pedagogy

Mark Bracher is Professor of English at Kent State University, USA.

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