Böcker i Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire-serien

This volume, the fifth in the series developing Bernstein's code theory, presents a clear account of the developments of this code theory and shows the close relation between its development and the empirical research to which the theory has given rise.

In this text, the author, Paulo Freire, argues against progressive liberalism and its passive acceptance of a world where unemployment and hunger exist side by side with opulence. He shows why an acceptance of fatalism leads to the loss of personal and societal freedom.

Sharing Words may be an example of a new way of writing about educational theory and practice, one that results in a captivating and enjoyable experience that invites the reader to share and comment with colleagues, students, and friends.

These essays by educators provide a portrait of ideas and developments in education that can influence the possibility of social and political change. The authors take into account feminism, ecology, and media in their pursuit of ideas that can inform the fundamental practice of education.

"The ethnics are coming" - and the fear of many observers is that the quality of traditional disciplines will suffer as a result. This collection of essays show that such fear is unfounded.

What is at stake in compromising the Enlightenment ideals of liberal education with educational policies engendered by a neo-liberalized, global marketplace? This text explores Western culture's longstanding ambivalence toward "the life of the mind".