Ira Shor (born June 2, 1945) is a professor at the College of Staten Island,

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, where he teaches composition and

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. He is also doctoral faculty in the PhD Program in English at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

Biography

Shor grew up in the working class area in the

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. Shor has stated that coming from a

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area had a powerful influence on his thinking, politics and feelings.

Personal life

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

Paulo Freire Paulo Reglus Neves Freire (19 September 1921 – 2 May 1997) was a Brazilian educator and philosopher whose work revolutionized global thought on education. He is best known for ''Pedagogy of the Oppressed'', in which he reimagines teaching ...

Theoretical Contribution

In collaboration with

, he has been one of the leading exponents of

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. Together they co-wrote ''A Pedagogy for Liberation''.

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

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