This book explores Marx's theory of the phenomenal forms in relation to critical pedagogy and educational action research, arguing that phenomenal forms pose a pedagogical obstacle to any endeavour that seeks to expand an individual's awareness of the larger social whole.

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Luis S. Villacañas de Castro is Assistant Professor in the Department of Language and Literature Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Valencia, Spain. He has published abundantly in political philosophy, epistemology, critical pedagogy, and language education.

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Introduction: The Pedagogical Obstacle of the Phenomenal Forms

PART I: MARX, FREUD, PEDAGOGY

1. Beyond The Ignorant Schoolmaster. On Education, Marxism, and Psychoanalysis

PART II: EPISTEMOLOGY, CRITICAL PEDAGOGY, AND LIBERAL PRINCIPLES

2. The Pedagogical Problem: Vygotsky's Encounter with Marx's Phenomenal Forms

3. The Pedagogical Solution: Freire's Critical Pedagogy and Social Democracy

PART III: THEORY AND PRACTICE OF EDUCATIONAL ACTION RESEARCH

4. The Critical Potential of John Elliott's Liberal Pedagogy

5. A Practical Case of Participatory Meta-Action Research