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Presence of Mind: Education and the Politics of Deception: A Dialogue with Pepi Leistyna.
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McLaren, Peter – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2000
Pepi Leistyna's book "Presence of Mind" discusses how schools of education deter teachers from understanding the world's complex political, historical, social, and economic realities. Educators must develop what C. Wright Mills called the "sociological imagination." Developing critical consciousness and varied, multicultural…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Variation