Critical Pedagogy (original) (raw)

Boundaries between students’ encounters with multimedia in and out of school continue to blur, calling for pedagogy that negotiates their multiple and sometimes conflicting subjectivities and supports their desires to use these texts for social purposes in diverse contexts. Critical pedagogy uses problem-posing methods, with dialogic, student-centered, generative practices, for social justice. This chapter explores what is critical pedagogy, discusses critical pedagogy research, and provides ways critical pedagogy is being implemented in schools. The chapter then presents three reasons for this pedagogy: students’ development as literate people; their situated and multiple identities; and their transformation and emancipation as democratic citizens.