TEACHING AGAINST ESSENTIALISM AND THE ‘‘CULTURE OF POVERTY’’

Cultivating Social Justice Teachers: How Teacher Educators have Helped Students Overcome Cognitive Bottlenecks and Learn Critical Social Justice Concepts

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 84-100

  Gorski, Paul C ^a,b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Humane Education   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781003443940-6     Document Type: Chapter

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