Teaching Marx : the socialist challenge

We are in the midst of yet another global crisis in capitalism. In the UK, we have the most right wing and ideologically driven government since Thatcher; a ruthless cabal of millionaires intent on destroying the welfare state. In the US, President Obama, whose initial record did not live up to the...

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Other Authors Malott, Curry (Editor), Cole, Mike (Editor), Elmore, John M. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2013]
SeriesCritical constructions.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806614288
DOI10.1108/978-1-62396-122-0
Physical Description1 online resource (xxvi, 367 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Rethinking educational purpose: the socialist challenge / Curry Stephenson Malott
  • Section I: The larger context
  • 1. Marx, Marxism and (twenty-first century) socialism / Mike Cole
  • 2. The crisis in Marxism: language, agency, and the problem of Marx's authorial voice / Brad Hollingshead
  • 3. Class consciousness and teacher education: the socialist challenge and the historical context / Curry Stephenson Malott
  • Section II: A Marxist challenge to capitalist schooling
  • 4. Marx, teacher education, and the corporate university / John M. Elmore
  • 5. Critical multicultural social studies and the socialist challenge / Marc Pruyn and Curry Stephenson Malott
  • 6. "Shut up! He might hear you!": Teaching Marx in social studies education / E. Wayne Ross
  • 7. Seeking liberatory possibilities in science education / Andrew Gilbert
  • Section III: Social class and student perspective
  • 8. "Class" discussion social class, communication and the classroom environment / Carrie Freie
  • 9. Student-teaching as an emerging Marxist / Eric Gerard Anderson
  • Section IV: Twenty-First Century Socialism in Practice
  • 10. The role of higher education within the socialist revolution of Latin America / John M. Elmore
  • 11. Twenty-first century socialism and education in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: an alternative to the neoliberal model / Mike Cole
  • Afterword: Teaching Marx in the Neo-liberal Age / John M. Elmore.