TCH 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Critical Theory
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Theory: the learned encounter: combination of scholarship and practice. The way we make sense of our world is often visible to us. We cannot address issues of critical social justice without first examining the maps we are using to identify the problem and conceptualize its solutions. Understanding theory is essential for social change to occur. Key element of social injustice involves the claim that particular knowledge is objective and universal. Objectivity is desirable, or even possible knowledge is socially constructed. Scholar in education made significant contributions to the understanding of knowledge as socially constructed. Explains that knowledge we create is influenced by our experiences within various social, economic, and political systems. Who we are (as knowers) is connected to our group socialization (gender, race, class, and sexuality) His typology has been a framework used by critical educators. 5 types of knowledge (according to banks): personal and cultural knowledge:
