Ira Shor
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| Born | June 2, 1945 South Bronx, New York, USA |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Critical pedagogy |
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Ira Shor (born June 2, 1945) is a professor at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York, where he teaches composition and rhetoric.[1] He is also doctoral faculty in the PhD Program in English, at The Graduate Center, CUNY.[2]
Biography[]
Shor grew up in the working class area in the South Bronx of New York City. According to Shor, coming from a working class area had a powerful influence on his thinking, politics and feelings.
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In collaboration with Paulo Freire, he has been one of the leading exponents of critical pedagogy.[3] Together they cowrote A Pedagogy for Liberation.[4]
Works[]
- Critical Teaching and Everyday Life (1980)
- Culture Wars: School and Society in the Conservative Restoration (1986)
- A Pedagogy for Liberation, with Paulo Freire (1987)
- Freire for the Classroom: A Sourcebook for Liberatory Teaching (1987)
- Empowering Education (1992)
- When Students have Power: Negotiating Authority in a Critical Pedagogy (1996)
- Critical Literacy in Action (1999)
- Education is Politics (1999)
References[]
- ^ "Faculty Profile". College of Staten Island. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Ira Shor, Faculty Bios". City University of New York.
- ^ "Ira Shor - What is Critical Literacy?". Lesley University. Fall 1999.
- ^ "Author Bio: Ira Shor". www.heinemann.com. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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