From Myers Education Press--the publisher who brought you such titles as
A School with a View, Childhoods, and Student Activism in the
Academy--comes a story or rather...a series of stories that are as out
of this world as its protagonist. Long before he became a renowned
Critical Studies professor at Chapman University, Peter McLaren was just
another Toronto native trying to survive in a conservative working-class
family. His father fought in WWII while his mother put food on the
table, but--like his father--Peter was caught in his own battles dodging
abusive teachers and navigating through an academic roller-coaster.
Sure, his home life may be ripped from a '50s sitcom on the surface; but
his background and the rest of his life from that point on was far from
one...or maybe it was. This book chronicles Peter's cross-country climb
up the educational ladder as a teacher steeped in the school system, his
encounters with various key players in history--from the Black Panthers
to Timothy Leary, and everything else in between.
Perfect for coursessuch as: History of Education, Race and Ethnic
Studies, Sociology of Education, Social Justice and Education, Democracy
and Civics, Community Engagement, Policy Studies, and Critical Race
Theory.
