The Power of Critical Theory: Librating Adult Learning and Teaching

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The Power of Critical Theory: Librating Adult Learning and Teaching, by Stephen D. Brookfield. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2005. ISBN 0-7879-5601-5. Hardback, 414 pages.

In The Power of Critical Theory: Liberating Adult Learning and Teaching, Stephen Brookfield responds to one of his student's questions regarding the connection between critical theory and the student's eventual practice as an adult educator. Brookfield has provided in 12 chapters a comprehensive and detailed look at thinking critically from the critical theory perspective. He explains, "critical theory views thinking critically as being able to identify, and then to challenge and change, the process by which a …