Ira Shor

Ira Shor
Born	1945
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western Philosophy
School	Critical pedagogy
Influences Paulo Freire

Ira Shor (born 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 Ph.D. Program in English, at The Graduate Center, CUNY.^[2] In collaboration with Paulo Freire, he has been one of the leading exponents of critical pedagogy.^[3]

Biography

Shor grew up in the working class area in the South Bronx of New York City. According to Shor coming from a working class area had a powerful influence on his thinking, politics and feelings.

Works

• 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

1. "Faculty Profile". College of Staten Island.
2. "Ira Shor, Faculty Bios". City University of New York.
3. "Ira Shor - What is Critical Literacy?". Lesley University. Fall 1999.