Ira Shor

{{Short description|American philosopher and academic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox philosopher | region = Western Philosophy | era = [[20th-century philosophy]] | image = Myfriendira.jpg | caption = conference call, 2021 | name = Ira Shor | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|06|2}} | birth_place = South Bronx, New York, USA | school_tradition = [[Critical pedagogy]] | main_interests = | notable_ideas = | children = [[Paulo Shor]] }}

'''Ira Shor''' (born June 2, 1945) is a professor at the [[College of Staten Island]], [[City University of New York]], where he teaches composition and [[rhetoric]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Faculty Profile|url=http://www.csi.cuny.edu/faculty/SHOR_IRA.html|publisher=College of Staten Island|access-date=25 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614125825/http://www.csi.cuny.edu/faculty/SHOR_IRA.html|archive-date=14 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is also doctoral faculty in the PhD Program in English at [[The Graduate Center, CUNY]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ira Shor, Faculty Bios|url=http://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Doctoral-Programs/English/Faculty-Bios/Ira-Shor|publisher=City University of New York}}</ref>

==Biography== Shor grew up in the working class area in the [[South Bronx]] of [[New York City]]. Shor has stated that coming from a [[working class|working-class]] area had a powerful influence on his thinking, politics and feelings.<ref>[https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1147791.pdf Dialogic & Critical Pedagogies: An Interview with Ira Shor], ''Dialogic Pedagogy: an International Online Journal'', Vol. 5 (2017), accessed 1 March 2023</ref>

==Personal life== Shor has one son, [[Paulo Shor]], whom he named after his main influence [[Paulo Freire]].

== Theoretical Contribution == {{Critical pedagogy}} In collaboration with [[Paulo Freire]], he has been one of the leading exponents of [[critical pedagogy]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.lesley.edu/journal-pedagogy-pluralism-practice/ira-shor/critical-literacy/ |title=Ira Shor - What is Critical Literacy? |journal=Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism, and Practice |date=Fall 1999 |volume=1 |issue=4 |page=2 |publisher=Lesley University |last1=Shor |first1=Ira |archive-date=6 July 2017 |access-date=14 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706170901/http://www.lesley.edu/journal-pedagogy-pluralism-practice/ira-shor/critical-literacy/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Together they co-wrote ''A Pedagogy for Liberation''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heinemann.com/authors/55.aspx|title=Author Bio: Ira Shor|website=www.heinemann.com|access-date=2016-11-22}}</ref>

==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)

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