Peter McLaren | |
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Born | |
Spouse | Yan Wang |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Thesis | Education as Ritual Performance (1984) |
Doctoral advisor | Richard Courtney[1] |
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Academic work | |
Discipline | Pedagogy |
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Institutions |
Peter McLaren (born 1948) is a Canadian-American scholar and is known as one of the leading architects of critical pedagogy.[6] He is known for his writings on critical literacy, sociology of education, cultural studies, critical ethnography, and Marxist theory.
McLaren is a practicing Catholic and identifies with Catholic social justice teaching and liberation theology. He is a strident critic of Christian nationalism and Catholic Integralism.[7]