Judaism, education and social justice towards a Jewish critical pedagogy

"This book sets out new theoretical foundations for Jewish social justice education by surveying and discussing Freirean critical pedagogy, Catholic models of social justice education, Jewish social justice literature and interviews with educators and activists. Jewish social justice education...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Plen, Matt
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Bloomsbury Academic 2022, 2022
Edition:First edition
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Collection: Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Part I: Faith, Justice and Education Introduction. 1. Paulo Freire's Critical Pedagogy
  • a Theory of Social Justice Education ; 2. Catholic Social Teaching and Liberation Theology
  • Theories of Religious Social Justice Education ; 3. Judaism and Social Justice
  • Religion, Culture and Progressive Politics
  • Part II: Jewish Social Justice Education
  • Interviews with Practitioners. 4. Critique
  • The World as It Is ; 5. Vision
  • The World as It Should Be ; 6. Strategy
  • Education, Activism and Community Organising ; 7. People - Agents and Beneficiaries of Social Change
  • Part III: Towards A Jewish Critical Pedagogy. 8. Philosophical, Theological and Political Themes ; 9. The Jewishness of Social Justice Pedagogies ; 10. Normative Theories of Jewish Social Justice Education
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index