# Ira Shor

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American philosopher and academic

Ira Shor conference call, 2021 Born (1945-06-02) June 2, 1945 (age 81) South Bronx, New York, USA Children Paulo Shor Philosophical work Era 20th-century philosophy Region Western Philosophy School Critical pedagogy

**Ira Shor** (born June 2, 1945) is a professor at the [College of Staten Island](/source/College_of_Staten_Island), [City University of New York](/source/City_University_of_New_York), where he teaches composition and [rhetoric](/source/Rhetoric).[1] He is also doctoral faculty in the PhD Program in English at [The Graduate Center, CUNY](/source/The_Graduate_Center%2C_CUNY).[2]

## Biography

Shor grew up in the working class area in the [South Bronx](/source/South_Bronx) of [New York City](/source/New_York_City). Shor has stated that coming from a [working-class](/source/Working_class) area had a powerful influence on his thinking, politics and feelings.[3]

## Personal life

Shor has one son, [Paulo Shor](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paulo_Shor&action=edit&redlink=1), whom he named after his main influence [Paulo Freire](/source/Paulo_Freire).

## Theoretical Contribution

Critical pedagogy Major works Pedagogy of the Oppressed Critical Pedagogy Primer Learning to Labour Schooling and the Struggle for Public Life Theorists Paulo Freire Henry Giroux Peter McLaren bell hooks Antonia Darder Joe Kincheloe Shirley Steinberg Paul Willis Ira Shor Pedagogy Anti-oppressive education Abolitionist teaching Anti-bias curriculum Antipedagogy Multicultural education Teaching for social justice Humanitarian education Inclusion Public sphere pedagogy Popular education Feminist composition Ecopedagogy Queer pedagogy Critical literacy Critical consciousness Critical theory of maker education Concepts Praxis Hidden curriculum Consciousness raising Related Reconstructivism Critical theory Ecological empathy Frankfurt School Political consciousness v t e

In collaboration with [Paulo Freire](/source/Paulo_Freire), he has been one of the leading exponents of [critical pedagogy](/source/Critical_pedagogy).[4] Together they co-wrote *A Pedagogy for Liberation*.[5]

## 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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Faculty Profile"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160614125825/http://www.csi.cuny.edu/faculty/SHOR_IRA.html). College of Staten Island. Archived from [the original](http://www.csi.cuny.edu/faculty/SHOR_IRA.html) on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Ira Shor, Faculty Bios"](http://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Doctoral-Programs/English/Faculty-Bios/Ira-Shor). City University of New York.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Dialogic & Critical Pedagogies: An Interview with Ira Shor](https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1147791.pdf), *Dialogic Pedagogy: an International Online Journal*, Vol. 5 (2017), accessed 1 March 2023

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Shor, Ira (Fall 1999). ["Ira Shor - What is Critical Literacy?"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170706170901/http://www.lesley.edu/journal-pedagogy-pluralism-practice/ira-shor/critical-literacy/). *Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism, and Practice*. **1** (4). Lesley University: 2. Archived from [the original](http://www.lesley.edu/journal-pedagogy-pluralism-practice/ira-shor/critical-literacy/) on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Author Bio: Ira Shor"](http://www.heinemann.com/authors/55.aspx). *www.heinemann.com*. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

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