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Peer reviewedGiroux, Henry A. – Teachers College Record, 1986
A strong conservative current underlies much of what is currently said about authority in schooling. Educational authority should be rooted in the ideal of democratic social transformation, a function it cannot have when conceived of more narrowly in terms of institutional heirarchy and stability. (CB)
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Educational Philosophy, Intellectual Development, Power Structure
