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An active citizen, says the prolific and influential Henry Giroux, is "somebody who has the capacity not only to understand and engage the world but to transfom it when necessary, and to believe that he or she can do that." In this provocative new intervi

Giroux advocates for a pedagogy that challenges inequality, oppression, and fundamentalism. Essential viewing for students of education, cultural studies, and communication.

In this paper we develop a notion of public pedagogy that deviates from the one espoused by Giroux and his focus on postmodernism and popular culture. Our theoretical framework is based on young peoples engagements with media texts, their involvement with youth arts projects and the ways in which community members read youth arts projects and the artefacts they produce.

To watch the rest of this video visit: http://freire.education.mcg... A dialogue between Joe L. Kincheloe, Canada Research Chair in Critical Pedagogy and Henry A. Giroux, Global Television Network...

Hidden curriculum is difficult to explicitly define because it varies among its students and their experiences and because is it constantly changing as the knowledge and beliefs of a society evolve.