Teaching for social justice education: The intersection between identity, critical agency, and social justice education

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 299-311

  Francis, Dennis ^a   le Roux, Adré ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agency; Anti oppressive education; Identity; Social justice education; Teacher education; White women pre service teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857845264     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/saje.v31n3a533     Document Type: Article

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