Ira Shor

Ira Shor
conference call , 2021
Born (1945-06-02) June 2, 1945 (age 79)
South Bronx, New York, USA
ChildrenPaulo Shor
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern Philosophy
SchoolCritical pedagogy

Ira Shor (born June 2, 1945) is a professor at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York, where he teaches composition and rhetoric.[1] He is also doctoral faculty in the PhD Program in English at The Graduate Center, CUNY.[2]

Biography

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Shor grew up in the working class area in the South Bronx of New York City. Shor has stated that coming from a working-class area had a powerful influence on his thinking, politics and feelings.[3]

Personal life

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Shor has one son, Paulo Shor, whom he named after his main influence Paulo Freire.

Theoretical Contribution

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In collaboration with Paulo Freire, he has been one of the leading exponents of critical pedagogy.[4] Together they co-wrote A Pedagogy for Liberation.[5]

Works

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  • Critical Teaching and Everyday Life (1980)
  • Culture Wars: School and Society in the Conservative Restoration (1986)
  • A Pedagogy for Liberation, with Paulo Freire (1987)
  • Freire for the Classroom: A Sourcebook for Liberatory Teaching (1987)
  • Empowering Education (1992)
  • When Students have Power: Negotiating Authority in a Critical Pedagogy (1996)
  • Critical Literacy in Action (1999)
  • Education is Politics (1999)

References

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  1. ^ "Faculty Profile". College of Staten Island. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Ira Shor, Faculty Bios". City University of New York.
  3. ^ Dialogic & Critical Pedagogies: An Interview with Ira Shor, Dialogic Pedagogy: an International Online Journal, Vol. 5 (2017), accessed 1 March 2023
  4. ^ "Ira Shor - What is Critical Literacy?". Lesley University. Fall 1999.
  5. ^ "Author Bio: Ira Shor". www.heinemann.com. Retrieved 22 November 2016.