Critical liberal education: An undergraduate pedagogy for teacher candidates in socially diverse university settings
Chávez-Reyes C.
2010
Teaching Education
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10.1080/10476210903420072
This article addresses the lack of attention universities have given to adjusting liberal education, the undergraduate major for teachers in California, to the increase of multi-ethnic, multi-racial, and social class heterogeneity in state universities. This article argues for a revised pedagogy for undergraduate liberal arts education for teacher candidates in California called critical liberal education. This pedagogy emphasizes the interdisciplinary knowledge and inquiry skills of a traditional program in conjunction with intercultural competence, civic engagement and an ethical stance toward social justice. This pedagogy brings liberal arts education in line with living in our complex multicultural democracy to create analytic, engaged teacher-citizens for the twenty-first century. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.
Critical pedagogy; Liberal education; Social diversity; Teacher education; Undergraduate education
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