Critical Education in the New Information Age (Critical Perspectives Series) (Paperback)

by Manuel Flecha, Ram-n Freire, Paulo Giroux, Henry A. Macedo, Donaldo Willis, Paul Castells (Author)

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Product Description
Essays by some of the world's leading educators provide a revolutionary portrait of new ideas and developments in education that can influence the possibility of social and political change. The authors take into account such diverse terrain as feminism, ecology, media, and individual liberty in their pursuit of new ideas that can inform the fundamental practice of education and promote a more humane civil society. The book consolidates recent thinking just as it reflects on emerging new lines of critical theory.

Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (January 28, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0847690105
• ISBN-13: 978-0847690107
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #601,230 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A collection of 1993-94 essays without thematic unity., November 17, 1999

By	Manuel Castells, Berkeley, California (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This is a collection of interesting, but largely unrelated, papers from a conference in Barcelona in 1994, which do not present a coherent analysis, and only marginally treat education in relationship to information technology. The title is misleading, and Castells is not the editor, but simply one of the contributors, writing on a topic alien to education. The reader from Atlanta writing a review on this site is absolutely right. Do not expect a book. Some of the articles, particularly the one by Freire, could be of your interest.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars nb! translation of 1994 Spanish original, August 26, 1999

By A Customer

This is not really a "1999" book, in case anyone is looking for the latest from Castells--rather it offers a translation of a collection of essays published in Spanish five years ago (and written a year or two before that, judging from the references). One would think this information should be part of the bibliographic description of the title.