Sources of Activist Learning Theory

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Unearthing Seeds of Fire: The Idea of Highlander, by Frank Adams. Published in Winston-Salem, North Carolina by John F, Blair Publishers in 1975.

Democratic Schools, edited by Michael Apple and James Beane. Published by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development in Alexandria, Virginia in 1995.

Dare the School Build a New Social Order? by George Counts. Published in New York, New York by John Day Company in 1932.

Democracy and Education. An introduction to the philosophy of education by John Dewey. Published in New York by Free Press in 1932, reprinted in 1966.

Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire. Published in New York, New York by Continuum in 1970.

Pedagogy and the Politics of Hope: Theory, Culture, and Schooling by Henry Giroux. Published in Boulder, Colorado by Westview Press in 1997.

Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks. Published in New York, New York by Routledge in 1994.

"To Hell with Good Intentions" is a speech by Ivan Illich. It was his address to the Conference on Inter-American Student Project in Cuernevaca, Mexico in April 1968. It is available online here

"In the Service of What? The Politics of Service Learning" by Joseph Kahne and Joel Westheimer. Published in Phi Delta Kappan in May 1996, on pages 593-599.

"White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" by Peggy McIntosh. Published in Peace and Freedom in July/August, 1989 on pages 10-12.

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