| #2629378 in Books | Peter Lang International Academic Publishers | 2012-05-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x6.00 x.25l,.47 | File type: PDF | 136 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Accessible with Depth|By Community College Professor|Critical Aesthetic Pedagogy: Toward a Theory of Self and Social Empowerment is a personal yet theoretical account of Jolie Medina's pedagogy. The personal nature of the writing makes the theory accessible to students of teaching at every level. Theorists can turn to it for further insights into critical pedagogy. Teacher educ|About the Author|Born in New York City and raised in the Dominican Republic, Yolanda Medina is Assistant Professor of Education at Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY and founder of the Santo Rico Kids Cultural Center, a nonprofit organization in Spanish
This book has received the AESA (American Educational Studies Association) Critics Choice Award 2012. This book introduces a progressive type of education called Critical Aesthetic Pedagogy. This pedagogy utilizes the arts to promote critical learning, and incorporates particular types of aesthetic experiences into pedagogical practices to increase students’ social empowerment and commitment to social justice. The first coherent body of work that marries...
You easily download any file type for your device.Critical Aesthetic Pedagogy: Toward a Theory of Self and Social Empowerment (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies) | Yolanda Medina. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
