Critical Humanism and Problems of Change

Authors

  • Arturo Rodriguez Boise State University
  • Kevin R. Magill Baylor University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14288/ce.v16i4.187356

Keywords:

Critical Humanism, Class struggle, Making change

Abstract

Guest editors’ introduction to special section, Investigating Education, Class Antagonisms and Solidarity: Toward Critical Humanist Democratic Societies. This collection details how critical educators contend with alienating conditions as students and teachers investigate social issues, direct knowledge, their exchanges, and personal agency toward democratic participation to secure their everyday needs, human freedom, and dignity.

Author Biographies

Arturo Rodriguez, Boise State University

Arturo Rodriguez is Professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture at Boise State University whose teaching and research interests include critical theory/pedagogy, critical humanism, multiculturalism, and social justice issues in education.

Kevin R. Magill, Baylor University

Dr. Kevin R. Magill is an associate professor of curriculum and teaching and director of graduate programs for the Department of Curriculum & Instruction in the Baylor University School of Education. In his research, Dr. Magill examines the social relations of production in teaching and learning and its impact on the ideology and ontology of social studies/civics teachers and teacher education candidates. He is interested in how teachers live/work in intellectual solidarity with students and local communities, how they employ critical humanism, and how/why education results in personal and social transformation. 

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Published

2025-11-18

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 4 (2025)

Section

Investigating Education, Class Antagonisms and Solidarity: Toward Critical Humanist Democratic Societies

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