Kathleen Weiler is Assistant Professor of Education at Tufts University. She is the author of Women Teaching for Change.

"The articles in this splendid collection are representative of some of the best work currently undertaken in the critical educational field. I highly recommend this book to all teachers, researchers, administrators and cultural workers interested in transforming current teaching practices and exercising leadership in both school and social reform." — Peter L. McLaren, Miami University of Ohio

• Acknowledgments Introduction by Kathleen Weiler I. Theorizing Power/Knowledge The Hope of Radical EducationHenry A. Giroux Schools and Families: A Feminist PerspectiveMadeleine Arnot Sex, Pregnancy, and Schooling: Obstacles to a Critical Teaching of the BodyLaurie McDade Presence of Mind in the Absence of BodyLinda Brodkey and Michelle Fine Knowledge, Power, and Discourse in Social Studies EducationCleo Cherryholmes Multicultural Education: Minority Identities, Textbooks, and the Challenge of Curricular ReformCameron McCarthy Culture, Pedagogy, and Power: Issues in the Production of Values and ColonializationThomas S. Popkewitz II. Pedagogies of Possibility Decentering Discourses in Teacher Education: Or, the Unleashing of Unpopular ThingsDeborah P. Britzman The Politics of Race: Through the Eyes of African-American TeachersMichele Foster The Art of Being Present: Educating for Aesthetic EncountersMaxine Greene Schooling, Popular Culture, and a Pedagogy of PossibilityHenry A. Giroux and Roger I. Simon Critical Mathematics Education: An Application of Paulo Freire's EpistemologyMarilyn Frankenstein Writing Pedagogy: A Dialogue of HopeAnne-Louis Brookes and Ursula A. Kelly Contributors Index