Ira Shor

American philosopher and academic

Ira Shor

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Born|  (1945-06-02) June 2, 1945 (age 80)

South Bronx, New York, USA

Children| Paulo Shor
Philosophical work
Era| 20th-century philosophy
Region| Western Philosophy
School| Critical 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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Critical pedagogy

Major works

* Pedagogy of the Oppressed
* Critical Pedagogy Primer
* Learning to Labour
* Schooling and the Struggle for Public Life

Theorists

* Paulo Freire
* Henry Giroux
* Peter McLaren
* bell hooks
* Antonia Darder
* Joe Kincheloe
* Shirley Steinberg
* Paul Willis
* Ira Shor

Pedagogy

* Anti-oppressive education
* Abolitionist teaching
* Anti-bias curriculum
* Antipedagogy
* Multicultural education
* Teaching for social justice
* Humanitarian education
* Inclusion
* Public sphere pedagogy
* Popular education
* Feminist composition
* Ecopedagogy
* Queer pedagogy
* Critical literacy
* Critical consciousness
* Critical theory of maker education

Concepts

* Praxis
* Hidden curriculum
* Consciousness raising

Related

* Reconstructivism
* Critical theory
* Ecological empathy
* Frankfurt School
* Political consciousness

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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. ^ Shor, Ira (Fall 1999). "Ira Shor - What is Critical Literacy?". Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism, and Practice. 1 (4). Lesley University: 2.
5. ^ "Author Bio: Ira Shor". www.heinemann.com. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

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