Examining the Relationships Between Critical Pedagogy and Social Studies: Power, Ideology, and Enactment

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session 3
  In Roundtable Session: Democratic and Critical Social Studies

Abstract

This case study highlights the experiences of three talented, young, critically identifying social studies teachers to examine the ways their ontological approaches unfold into their practice. In this piece I first outline the shared aspects of critical pedagogical research within the social studies. Then, I situate “critical” within social studies literature and as pedagogical practice. The study unfolds from a discussion of the neoliberal agenda in education, the potential for critical democratic visions, and through the relationship between curriculum and critical teaching. The study offers empirical examples of the ontological range of understandings within critical social studies teacher praxis.

Author

• Kevin Russel Magill, Baylor University