Critical Geographies in/of Education

This book assembles pioneering work that first applied critical geography's concepts to educational theory, offering a comprehensive introduction to this emerging field. In recent years, spatial theory has transcended traditional geography, permeating diverse academic disciplines, particularly within social theory.

Robert J. Helfenbein is Professor of Curriculum Studies in the Tift College of Education at Mercer University. Dr. Helfenbein has published numerous research articles about contemporary education analysis in urban contexts and the single author book Critical Geographies of Education: Space, Place, and Curriculum Inquiry (Routledge, Summer 2021). His current research interests include curriculum theorizing in urban contexts, cultural studies of education, critical geographies of education and contemporary social theory, and the impact of globalization on the lived experience of schools. Hill Taylor is an educator and researcher whose work explores the intersections of the health humanities, blue humanities, and the dynamic relationships between humans and their environments. Before joining the English and Comparative Literature department at the University of North Carolina in 2021, he served as Assistant Professor and Director of the Office of Learning Support at Oregon Health & Science University. His scholarship bridges composition and rhetoric, environmental and health humanities, and critical approaches to geography and place-based education.

Critical Geographies in/of Education: Introduction Critical Geographies of Education: New Reckonings 1. Situated Pedagogy and the Situationist International: Countering a Pedagogy of Placelessness 2. Christina's Worlds: Negotiating Childhood in the City 3. Spaces of Difference: The Contradictions of Alternative Educational Programs 4. On Transnational Curriculum: Symbols, Languages, and Arrangements in an Educational Space 5. Mapping Everyday: Gender, Blackness, and Discourse in Urban Contexts Afterword