Radical Pedagogy argues that longstanding pedagogical aims and practices are ineffective in promoting learning and social change and proposes a new strategy for achieving these ends. Drawing on recent research in psychoanalysis, social psychology, and cognitive science, Mark Bracher argues that the most effective way to solve social problems such as violence, prejudice, and substance abuse on a mass scale, as well as impediments to learning and personal well being, is through a pedagogy that addresses their common root cause: identity vulnerability. To this end, Bracher formulates psychoanalytically based practices to develop more resilient, secure, and prosocial identities for both teachers and students.
Author(s): Mark Bracher
Edition: First Edition
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 244
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Part One: Identity, Learning Problems, and Social Problems......Page 16
1 Identity, Motivation, and Recognition......Page 18
2 Linguistic Identity......Page 32
3 Affective and Imagistic Identity......Page 46
4 Identity Integration and Defenses......Page 60
5 Identity Structure......Page 74
Part Two: Identity-Undermining Pedagogies......Page 88
6 Teachers' Identities as Obstacles to Radical Pedagogy......Page 90
7 Authoritarian and Establishment Pedagogies......Page 100
8 Pedagogies of Resistance and Empowerment......Page 110
9 Historicism as Impediment to Radical Pedagogy......Page 124
Part Three: Developing Teachers' Identities......Page 148
10 Self Analysis for Teachers......Page 150
11 Generative Identity and the Need to Teach......Page 164
Part Four: Promoting Students' Identity Development......Page 174
12 Supporting Prosocial Identity Contents......Page 176
13 Promoting Identity Integration......Page 194
14 Developing Identity Structures......Page 208
Notes......Page 224
Works Cited......Page 228
C......Page 238
G......Page 239
I......Page 240
M......Page 241
R......Page 242
S......Page 243
Z......Page 244
