Michael W. Apple (born August 20, 1942) is an educational theorist specialized on education and power, cultural politics, curriculum theory and research, critical teaching, and the development of democratic schools.
Apple i
John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studiesat the
University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education
The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education is a school within the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Although teacher education was offered at the university's founding in 1848, the School was officially started in 1930 and today is ...
, where he taught from 1970-2018. Prior to completing his
Ed.D.
The Doctor of Education (Ed.D. or D.Ed.; Latin ''Educationis Doctor'' or ''Doctor Educationis'') is (depending on region and university) a research or professional doctoral degree that focuses on the field of education. It prepares the holder for a ...
at
Teachers College, Columbia University
Teachers College, Columbia University (TC), is the graduate school of education, health, and psychology of Columbia University, a private research university in New York City. Founded in 1887, it has served as one of the official faculties and ...
in 1970, Apple taught in elementary and secondary schools in
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
, where he grew up, as well as served as the president of his
teachers' union
The following is an alphabetical list of education trade unions:
__NOTOC__ A
* NEA-Alaska
* Alliance of Concerned Teachers (Philippines)
* Alabama Education Association State Affiliate of the National Education Association.
* American Association ...
. For more than three decades Apple has worked with educators, unions, dissident groups, and governments throughout the world on changing educational policy and practice towards critical pedagogy.
Bibliography
Selected works:
*''Can education change society?'' New York: Routledge, 2013.
*''Education and power.'' reissued 2nd edition. New York: Routledge, 2012.
*''Global crises, social justice, and education.'' New York: Routledge, 2010.
*''The Routledge international handbook of sociology of education.'' New York: Routledge, 2010.
*''The Routledge international handbook of critical education.'' New York: Routledge, 2009.
*''Democratic schools.'' 2nd edition. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2007. With James A. Beane.
*''Educating the "right" way: Markets, standards, God, and inequality.'' 2nd edition. New York: Routledge, 2006.
*''Ideology and curriculum.'' 25th anniversary 3rd edition. New York: Routledge, 2004.
*''The state and politics of education.'' New York: Routledge, 2003.
*''
Official knowledge: Democratic knowledge in a conservative age.'' 2nd edition. New York: Routledge, 2000.
*''Cultural politics and education.'' New York: Teachers College Press, 1996.
* ''The Curriculum: Problems, Politics, and Possibilities'' (Edited with Landon Beyer). Albany: State University of New York Press, 1988.
* ''Teachers and Texts: A Political Economy of Class and Gender Relations in Education''. New York: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986.
* ''Ideology and Practice in Schooling'' (Edited with Lois Weis). Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983.
* ''Culture and Economic Reproduction in Education'' (Edited). Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1982.
* ''Education and Power''. Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1982.
* ''Ideology and Curriculum''. Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979.
* ''Schooling and the Rights of Children'' (Edited with Vernon F. Haubrich). Berkeley: McCutchan, 1975.
* ''Educational Evaluation: Analysis and Responsibility'' (Edited with Michael J. Subkoviak and Henry S. Lufler Jr.). Berkeley: McCutchan, 1974.
See also
*
Critical pedagogy
Critical pedagogy is a philosophy of education and social movement that developed and applied concepts from critical theory and related traditions to the field of education and the study of culture.
It insists that issues of social justice and de ...
Further reading
Gottesman, Isaac (2016), ''The Critical Turn in Education: From Marxist Critique to Poststructuralist Feminism to Critical Theories of Race'' (New York: Routledge)
Weis, Lois, Dimitriadis, Greg, & McCarthy, Cameron (Eds.) (2006), ''Ideology, Curriculum, and the New Sociology of Education: Revisiting the Work of Michael Apple'' (New York: Routledge)
References
External links
BioApple's UW–Madison faculty webpage*
"Ideology and Curriculum: 30 Years of a Discussion" Longform interview on the radio show, Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life"Should There Be A National Standard For Education" Longform interview on the radio show, Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life
{{DEFAULTSORT:Apple, Michael
Philosophers of education
Education writers
American educational theorists
1942 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
American non-fiction writers
Teachers College, Columbia University alumni