American critical pedagogy theorist who extended Freire's framework into cultural criticism — arguing that teachers are transformative intellectuals and that education should resist neoliberal cultural hegemony.
Teachers as Intellectuals: Giroux's contribution is extending critical pedagogy from literacy education (Freire's context) to general schooling and cultural criticism. His 'border pedagogy' concept addresses multiculturalism; his critique of neoliberal education (marketization of schools, standardized testing, corporatization) became the theoretical framework for progressive education resistance. As a prolific writer (100+ books and essays), he is the most productive academic disseminator of Freire's ideas in the American context.
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