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Peter McLaren - Biography
Professor McLaren began his teaching career in his hometown of Toronto, Canada, teaching in an inner-city elementary school for five years in one of the most highly populated housing projects in the country.
McLaren completed his Ph.D at The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, in 1983. In 1984 he held the position of Special Lecturer in Education at Brock University's College of Education where he taught in the undergraduate and graduate programs.
In 1985 McLaren worked with Henry Giroux to create the Center for Education and Cultural Studies, at Miami University of Ohio, where he served as both Associate Director and Director. While at Miami he was awarded the title of Renowned Scholar in Residence, School of Education and Allied Professions.A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Commerce, and Associate of Massey College, Professor McLaren is the author and editor of over 35 books. He began teaching at the University of California in 1993, where he serves as Professor, Division of Urban Schooling, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
Professor McLaren lectures worldwide and his work has been translated into 15 languages. His most recent books include Schooling as a Ritual Performance, 3rd edition, Rowman and Littlefield, 2000, Critical Pedagogy and Predatory Culture ,, Routledge, 1995, Revolutionary Multiculturalism, Westview, 1997, and Che Guevara, Paulo Freire, and the Pedagogy of Revolution, 2000.
McLaren has presented distinguished lectures at a number of North American universities and continues to speak and write from a transdisciplinary perspective in four areas for which he has become well-known internationally: critical pedagogy, multicultural education, critical ethnography, and critical theory. He lectures regularly throughout Latin America and Europe. His works have been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Finnish, German, Polish, Hebrew, and French.
Professor McLaren is the inaugural recipient of the Paulo Freire Social Justice Award presented by Chapman University, California, April 2002.