Teachers’ Reflections on the Perceptions of Oppression and Liberation in Neo-Marxist Critical Pedagogies

Bibliographic Data

ID8856339
AuthorsTova Yaakoby (corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume45
Issue10
Pages992-1004
Publication date2012-03-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Philosophy and Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-1857 • E-ISSN: 1469-5812
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00131857.2012.753375
OpenAlexW4239725371
LanguageEN
References cited20

Critical pedagogy speaks of teachers as liberating and transformative intellectuals.Yet their voice is absent from its discourse.The emancipatory action research, described in this article, created a dialogue between teachers and the ideas concerning oppression and liberation found in Neo-Marxist pedagogies. It strongly suggests that teachers can contribute to the further development of these ideas. It indicates that Critical Theory’s perceptions of the totality of oppression were largely accepted by these teachers after their own inner-reflective processes.Yet, the teachers rejected the dyadic perception of oppressors and oppressed, and that of the ‘victimization’ of the subject, as they perceived such an approach to weaken the subject and exempt him/her from the struggle for liberation. They also highlighted the problematic aspects of positive utopia, which many of the critical pedagogies share, and offered a modest, yet intellectually rich perception of the struggle for liberation. As opposed to the static positive utopia that many of Neo-Marxist pedagogies offer, they suggested a dynamic and subjective perception of liberation; one that is neither restricted by the past nor by locality. This research suggests that teachers could well make a valuable contribution to the formation of a new counter-education. And that the development of a new pedagogical language in education could benefit by being done with them rather than for them.Keywords: Neo-Marxistcritical pedagogiesteachersoppressionliberationfuture possibilities

Critical pedagogy · Critical theory · Epistemology · Marxist philosophy · Oppression · Pedagogy · Perception · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Subject (documents · Transformative learning · Adult and Continuing Education Topics · Critical and Liberation Pedagogy · Gender Studies · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Philosophy · Political theory and Gramsci

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