Critical Social Theory and Transformative Knowledge: The Functions of Criticism in Quality Education

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Title

Critical Social Theory and Transformative Knowledge: The Functions of Criticism in Quality Education

Abstract/Description

Critical social theory is a multidisciplinary knowledge base with the implicit goal of advancing the emancipatory function of knowledge. It approaches this goal by promoting the role of criticism in the search for quality education. Through critical social theory in education, quality is proportional to the depth of analysis that students have at their disposal. As a critical form of classroom discourse, critical social theory cultivates students’ ability to critique institutional as well as conceptual dilemmas, particularly those that lead to domination or oppression. It also promotes a language of transcendence that complements a language of critique in order to forge alternative and less oppressive social arrangements. A critical social theory-based movement in education highlights the relationship between social systems and people, how they produce each other, and ultimately how critical social theory can contribute to the emancipation of both.

Author/creator

Leonardo, Zeus

Date

2004

In publication

Educational Researcher

Volume

33

Issue

6

Pages

11-18

Resource type

en Research/Scholarly Media

Resource status/form

en Published Text

Scholarship genre

en Theoretical

Language

en

Open access/full-text available

en Yes

Peer reviewed

en Yes

ISSN

0013-189X

DOI

10.3102/0013189X033006011

URL

Official Publisher's Webpage (SAGE Journals)

Full-text PDF Shared by Author (Academia.edu)

Citation

Leonardo, Z. (2004). Critical Social Theory and Transformative Knowledge: The Functions of Criticism in Quality Education. Educational Researcher, 33(6), 11–18. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X033006011

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Critical Social Network Analysis as a Method for Examining How Power Mediates Improvement Efforts

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