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Building Socially Responsive Curricula through Emancipatory Action Research: International Contexts
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Abstract "Two educators – one in USA and the other in Brazil – explore the possibilities
and challenges for building socially responsive curricula through
emancipatory action research. Habermas’ works on Theory of Communicative
Action and Knowledge and Human Interests provide the theoretical
framework fo... view more
"Two educators – one in USA and the other in Brazil – explore the possibilities
and challenges for building socially responsive curricula through
emancipatory action research. Habermas’ works on Theory of Communicative
Action and Knowledge and Human Interests provide the theoretical
framework for understanding curriculum and educational research. Explorations
of the impact of local and national policies on the authors’ professional
practices and research activities allowed them to compare the possibilities
and challenges (in each country) for building socially responsive
curricula. Right now, Brazil shows greater possibilities than the US, despite
its limited material resources and personnel prepared to take advantage
of those possibilities. In the US, the takeover of the education system
by the corporatocracy with its market fundamentalism and assault to democracy
has become a major obstacle for building socially responsive curricula
in schools. The teacher / action research movement, though still
marginal, is helping to counteract this trend." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
action research; education; Habermas, J.; communicative action; curriculum; curriculum development; knowledge; educational policy; political participation; United States of America; Brazil
Classification
Sociology of Education
Research Design
Document language
English
Publication Year
2006
Page/Pages
p. 343-374
Journal
International Journal of Action Research, 2 (2006) 3
ISSN
1861-1303
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications