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Michael Apple

A Modern Day Critical Pedagogue

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A Critical Pedagogy of Resistance

Part of the book series: Transgressions ((TRANS))

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Abstract

Michael Apple, a professor of educational policy since the early 1970s at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, is internationally recognized for his pioneering work in what has become known as critical pedagogy, a lens from which power and inequality is explored. Because traditional educational practices in the U.S. confer cultural legitimacy to groups in power and privilege while generating and supporting structural inequalities for groups that have been historically disenfranchised, Apple supports an education for social and cognitive awakening.

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Authors
  1. Lydiah Nganga
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  2. John Kambutu
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  1. Southeastern Louisiana University, USA

    James D. Kirylo

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Nganga, L., Kambutu, J. (2013). Michael Apple. In: Kirylo, J.D. (eds) A Critical Pedagogy of Resistance. Transgressions. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-374-4_1

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