Pedagogy against the state: The ban on ethnic studies in Arizona

• Authors: Kyle Wanberg
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Drawing on the traditions of critical pedagogy from Paulo Freire and Henry Giroux to recent critical research developed in the Journal of Pedagogy, this study explores how a particular case of curriculum reform in the US is entangled with racial neoliberalism and paranoia.

Keywords

EN

critical pedagogy; racial neoliberalism; neoliberal pedagogy; ethnic studies; historical amnesia; color-blind racism; racial paranoia; curriculum reform; Mexican-American Studies (MAS); Tucson Unified School; District (TUSD); HB 2281

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Journal of Pedagogy
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 15-35

Dates

published

2013-06-01

online

2013-04-03

Contributors

author

Kyle Wanberg

• New York University, Global Liberal Studies, 150 St Marks Ave #3, Brooklyn, NY, 11238, USA

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/jped-2013-0002