Critical Pedagogy and Teacher Education in the Neoliberal Era

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Foreword; Susan L. Groenke and J. Amos Hatch. Part I: Contexts for Critical Pedagogies in Teacher Education. 1. Social Reconstructionism and the Roots of Critical Pedagogy: Implications for Teacher Education in the Neoliberal Era; Susan L. Groenke. 2. Contextualizing the Madness: A Critical Analysis of the Assault on Teacher Education and Schools; Joe Kincheloe. 3. Standards Talk: Considering Discourse in Teacher Education Standards; Nikola Hobbel. 4. Policy Failures: No Child Left Behind and English Language Learners; Kate Menken. 5. Issues in Critical Teacher Education: Insights from the Field; J. Amos Hatch and Susan L. Groenke. Part II: Enacting Critical Pedagogies in Teacher Education. 6. A Critical Pedagogy of Race in Teacher Education: Response and Responsibility; Jill Ewing Flynn, Timothy J. Lensmire, and Cynthia Lewis. 7. Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy in Early Childhood Teacher Education: A Conversation; Beth Blue Swadener, Cristian R. Aquino-Sterling, Mark Nagasawa, and Maggie Bartlett. 8. Integrating Macro- and Micro-Level Issues in ESOL/Bilingual Teacher Education; Maria Dantas-Whitney, Karie Mize, and Eileen Dugan Waldschmidt. 9. Standards, Critical Literature and Portfolio Assessment: An Integrated Approach to Critical Pedagogical Development; Glenda Moss. 10. Leaders-Cloaked-As-Teachers: Towards Pedagogies of Liberation in Social Foundations Courses; Venus Evans-Winters. 11. Regulation, Resistance and Sacred Places in Teacher Education; David A. Greenwood and Sean W. Agriss. 12. Small Openings in Cyberspace: Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Facilitate Critical Race Talk; Susan L. Groenke and Joellen Maples. 13. Teaching for Democracy and Social Justice in Rural Settings: Challenges and Pedagogical Opportunities; Lydiah Nganga and John Kambutu. 14. Adjusting to Rose-Colored Glasses: Finding Creative Ways to Be Critical in Kentucky; Lane W. Clarke. 15. Becoming Critical in an Urban Elementary Teacher Education Program; J. Amos Hatch and Wendy B. Meller. Afterword; Susan L. Groenke and J. Amos Hatch.