Date of Award
1-2017
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (EdD)
College/School
College of Education and Human Services
Department/Program
Educational Foundations
Thesis Sponsor/Dissertation Chair/Project Chair
Maughn Gregory
Committee Member
David Kennedy
Committee Member
Mark Weinstein
Abstract
Inner- city schools are confronted with a number of challenges that are unique to their urbanized setting. To help identify opportunities for improvement in these schools, this study sought: 1) to determine whether Freire’s Pedagogy of Hope theoretically responds to what is known of the phenomenon of hopelessness in inner-city US schools and 2) to produce a systematic evaluation of that model, by examining published critiques of Freire’s work, as well as responses to these critiques, both theoretical and empirical. This determination is an important contribution to the field of critical pedagogy and serves educators seeking guidance on which aspects of that pedagogy may be useful in their situations. The formulated answers to the research questions are presented in the concluding chapter, together with recommendations for educators and policymakers alike.
Recommended Citation
Jackson, Julia D., "An Assessment of Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of Hope in U.S. Urban Schools" (2017). Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects. 36.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/etd/36